Glances running in systemclt ad server and exporter

[felipebraz]

I'm already running glances as a service in systemctl:

[Unit]
Description=Glances
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/glances -w -u glances
Restart=on-abort
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I want to run it as a exporter to InfluxDB with the service (webserver and exporter at the same time): glances -t 5 --export influxdb2

Is there a way to do it?

Sorry if the question is a little newbie, I'm a little newbie. LoL

[nicolargo]

Hi @felipebraz

there is no newbie question :)

If you want to use the WebUI and the export to InfluxDB2 at the same time, you need to create two services.

One for the WebUI:

[Unit]
Description=Glances
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/glances -w -u glances
Restart=on-abort
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

And another one for the exporter:

[Unit]
Description=Glances Exporter
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/glances -t 5 --export influxdb2
Restart=on-abort
RemainAfterExit=yes

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

For your information, there is an open feature request in the Glances Roadmap waiting for a contributor: #1527

[felipebraz]

I've tried your suggestion but I'm receiving an error:

root@prox:/usr/local/bin# systemctl status glancesExport.service
● glancesExport.service - Glances Exporter
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/glancesExport.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2024-02-11 23:37:24 -03; 3s ago
Main PID: 170142 (glances)
Tasks: 2 (limit: 38233)
Memory: 49.1M
CPU: 1.242s
CGroup: /system.slice/glancesExport.service
└─170142 /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/glances -t 5 --export influxdb2

Feb 11 23:37:25 prox glances[170142]: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Feb 11 23:37:25 prox glances[170142]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/glances/standalone.py", line 106, in init
Feb 11 23:37:25 prox glances[170142]: self.screen = GlancesCursesStandalone(config=config, args=args)
Feb 11 23:37:25 prox glances[170142]: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Feb 11 23:37:25 prox glances[170142]: File "/usr/local/lib/python3.11/dist-packages/glances/outputs/glances_curses.py", line 143, in init
Feb 11 23:37:25 prox glances[170142]: self.screen = curses.initscr()
Feb 11 23:37:25 prox glances[170142]: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Feb 11 23:37:25 prox glances[170142]: File "/usr/lib/python3.11/curses/init.py", line 29, in initscr
Feb 11 23:37:25 prox glances[170142]: setupterm(term=_os.environ.get("TERM", "unknown"),
Feb 11 23:37:25 prox glances[170142]: _curses.error: setupterm: could not find terminal
root@prox:/usr/local/bin# systemctl status glancesExport.service
× glancesExport.service - Glances Exporter
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/glancesExport.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2024-02-11 23:37:29 -03; 9s ago
Duration: 5.528s
Process: 170142 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/glances -t 5 --export influxdb2 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 170142 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
CPU: 1.306s

If I run the command (/usr/local/bin/glances -t 5 --export influxdb2) directly on shell it loads the glances screen and exports just fine.

[nicolargo]

Add the --quiet option to diable the UI.

[felipebraz]

Thank you very much for your patience and help!

[felipebraz]

Thank you very much again!