How to install tuptime in Linux
To install tuptime - Shows Historical and Statistical Running Time
Tuptime
tuptime is a tool for reporting the statistical and historical running time of a Linux system. This tool works like " uptime" command but it gives more advanced output. Installation and uses of tuptime in Linux will be discussed in this article.
Features
- Register used kernels.
- Counts good and bad shutdowns.
- Register the first boot time.
- Count system start-ups.
- Calculate uptime and downtime percentage since first boot time.
- Calculate the largest, average and shortest uptime and downtime.
- Print current uptime.
- Print formatted table.
- Calculate the accumulated system downtime and uptime.
Requirements
- Linux or FreeBSD OS.
- Python modules (sys, OS, optparse, sqlite3, datetime, locale, platform, subprocess, time).
- Python 2.7 or 3.x installed but latest version is recommended.
To Install tuptime in Linux
Before the installation of tuptime, execute the following command to install the git.
user1@linuxhelp:~$ cd /tmp/
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp$ sudo apt-get install git
[sudo] password for user1:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
&hellip
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Setting up liberror-perl (0.17-1.1) ...
Setting up git-man (1:2.5.0-1ubuntu0.2) ...
Setting up git (1:2.5.0-1ubuntu0.2) ...
Execute the below command to clone the tuptime repository.
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp$ git clone https://github.com/rfrail3/tuptime.git
Cloning into ' tuptime' ...
remote: Counting objects: 2300, done.
remote: Total 2300 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 2300
Receiving objects: 100% (2300/2300), 771.95 KiB | 311.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (1141/1141), done.
Checking connectivity... done.
How to use tuptime tool?
By using this tool for certain system administration activities, to execute it with different options as a privileged user.
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp$ ll
total 64
drwxrwxrwt 15 root root 4096 May 27 18:25 ./
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Mar 29 16:27 ../
-rw------- 1 user1 user1 0 Mar 29 12:19 config-err-xgRWAe
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Mar 29 12:18 .font-unix/
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Mar 29 12:19 .ICE-unix/
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Mar 29 12:18 systemd-private-
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drwxrwxr-x 6 user1 user1 4096 May 27 18:25 tuptime/
Now go to the cloned tuptime directory.
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp$ cd tuptime/
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp/tuptime$ ll
total 80
drwxrwxr-x 6 user1 user1 4096 May 27 18:25 ./
drwxrwxrwt 15 root root 4096 May 27 18:28 ../
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 4899 May 27 18:25 CHANGELOG
drwxrwxr-x 3 user1 user1 4096 May 27 18:25 debian/
drwxrwxr-x 8 user1 user1 4096 May 27 18:25 .git/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 18047 May 27 18:25 LICENSE
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 5113 May 27 18:25 README.md
drwxrwxr-x 2 user1 user1 4096 May 27 18:25 scripts/
drwxrwxr-x 7 user1 user1 4096 May 27 18:25 src/
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 3070 May 27 18:25 tuptime-install.sh
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 15491 May 27 18:25 tuptime-manual.txt
Install tuptime by executing the following script.
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp/tuptime$ sudo sh tuptime-install.sh
git version 2.5.0
Tuptime installation script
Clonning repository...
Cloning into ' /tmp/tmp.g0YdoMrzSX' &hellip
&hellip
&hellip
Copying cron file...
Enjoy!
System startups: 1 since 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
System shutdowns: 0 ok - 0 bad
System uptime: 100.0 % - 8 hours, 34 minutes and 36 seconds
System downtime: 0.0 % - 0 seconds
System life: 8 hours, 34 minutes and 36 seconds
Largest uptime: 8 hours, 34 minutes and 36 seconds from 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
Shortest uptime: 8 hours, 34 minutes and 36 seconds from 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
Average uptime: 8 hours, 34 minutes and 36 seconds
Largest downtime: 0 seconds
Shortest downtime: 0 seconds
Average downtime: 0 seconds
Current uptime: 8 hours, 34 minutes and 36 seconds since 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
When you execute tuptime without any options, then you will get a display screen as follows.
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp/tuptime$ sudo tuptime
System startups: 1 since 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
System shutdowns: 0 ok - 0 bad
System uptime: 100.0 % - 8 hours, 35 minutes and 14 seconds
System downtime: 0.0 % - 0 seconds
System life: 8 hours, 35 minutes and 14 seconds
Largest uptime: 8 hours, 35 minutes and 14 seconds from 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
Shortest uptime: 8 hours, 35 minutes and 14 seconds from 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
Average uptime: 8 hours, 35 minutes and 14 seconds
Largest downtime: 0 seconds
Shortest downtime: 0 seconds
Average downtime: 0 seconds
Current uptime: 8 hours, 35 minutes and 14 seconds since 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
To display output with date and time
Run the following command to display output with date and time.
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp/tuptime$ sudo tuptime --date=' %H:%M:%S%d-%m-%Y'
System startups: 1 since 09:54:1227-05-2016
System shutdowns: 0 ok - 0 bad
System uptime: 100.0 % - 8 hours, 37 minutes and 16 seconds
System downtime: 0.0 % - 0 seconds
System life: 8 hours, 37 minutes and 16 seconds
Largest uptime: 8 hours, 37 minutes and 16 seconds from 09:54:1227-05-2016
Shortest uptime: 8 hours, 37 minutes and 16 seconds from 09:54:1227-05-2016
Average uptime: 8 hours, 37 minutes and 16 seconds
Largest downtime: 0 seconds
Shortest downtime: 0 seconds
Average downtime: 0 seconds
Current uptime: 8 hours, 37 minutes and 16 seconds since 09:54:1227-05-2016
Execute this command to print system life as a list.
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp/tuptime$ sudo tuptime --list
Startup: 1 at 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
Uptime: 8 hours, 37 minutes and 37 seconds
To create an alternative database file
The database will be created in a SQLite format.
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp/tuptime$ sudo tuptime --filedb /tmp/tuptime_db.db
System startups: 1 since 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
System shutdowns: 0 ok - 0 bad
System uptime: 100.0 % - 8 hours, 38 minutes and 21 seconds
System downtime: 0.0 % - 0 seconds
System life: 8 hours, 38 minutes and 21 seconds
Largest uptime: 8 hours, 38 minutes and 21 seconds from 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
Shortest uptime: 8 hours, 38 minutes and 21 seconds from 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
Average uptime: 8 hours, 38 minutes and 21 seconds
Largest downtime: 0 seconds
Shortest downtime: 0 seconds
Average downtime: 0 seconds
Current uptime: 8 hours, 38 minutes and 21 seconds since 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp/tuptime$ cd /tmp/
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp$ ll
total 72
drwxrwxrwt 16 root root 4096 May 27 18:32 ./
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 Mar 29 16:27 ../
-rw------- 1 user1 user1 0 Mar 29 12:19 config-err-xgRWAe
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 4096 Mar 29 12:18 .font-unix/
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drwxrwxr-x 6 user1 user1 4096 May 27 18:25 tuptime/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2048 May 27 18:32 tuptime_db.db
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user1 user1 0 Mar 29 12:19 unity_support_test.0
Execute this command to order output information.
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp$ sudo tuptime --end --table
No. Startup Date Uptime Shutdown Date End Downtime
1 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016 8 hours, 39 minutes and 11 seconds
To get the uptime information with system kernel
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp$ sudo tuptime --kernel
System startups: 1 since 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
System shutdowns: 0 ok - 0 bad
System uptime: 100.0 % - 8 hours, 39 minutes and 37 seconds
System downtime: 0.0 % - 0 seconds
System life: 8 hours, 39 minutes and 37 seconds
System kernels: 1
Largest uptime: 8 hours, 39 minutes and 37 seconds from 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
...with kernel: Linux-4.2.0-16-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-15.10-wily
Shortest uptime: 8 hours, 39 minutes and 37 seconds from 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
...with kernel: Linux-4.2.0-16-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-15.10-wily
Average uptime: 8 hours, 39 minutes and 37 seconds
Largest downtime: 0 seconds
...with kernel:
Shortest downtime: 0 seconds
Average downtime: 0 seconds
Current uptime: 8 hours, 39 minutes and 37 seconds since 09:54:12 Friday 27 May 2016
...with kernel: Linux-4.2.0-16-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-15.10-wily
To get the tuptime version
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp$ sudo tuptime --version
tuptime version 3.3.0
Some more options used in the tuptime tool is,
Use " --help" option to view help information
user1@linuxhelp:/tmp$ sudo tuptime --help
Usage: tuptime [options]
Options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-c, --ckernel classify / order by kernel
--csv csv output
-d DATE_FORMAT, --date=DATE_FORMAT
date format output
-e, --end order by end state
-f FILE, --filedb=FILE
database file
-g, --graceful register a gracefully shutdown
-k, --kernel print kernel information
-l, --list enumerate system life as list
-n, --noup avoid update values
-o, --offtime order by offtime / downtime
-r, --reverse reverse order
-s, --seconds output time in seconds and epoch
-S SINCE, --since=SINCE
restric since this register number
-t, --table enumerate system life as table
--tsince=TIMESTAMP restrict since this timestamp
--tuntil=TIMESTAMP restrict until this timestamp
-U UNTIL, --until=UNTIL
restrict until this register number
-u, --uptime order by uptime
-v, --verbose verbose output
-V, --version show version
-x, --silent update values into db without output
Tag :
Tuptime
Q
What are the various option available in tuptime?
A
Use tuptime --help for it, for more options.
Q
How can I check for the system list of Tuptime?
A
To check for the system list of Tuptime use option "-l, --list " is used for it
Q
Is der any alternatives ?
A
Yes. You can make use of 'Hyper Ping' ' Apex ping' .to monitor Uptime
Q
is it Necessary to navigate to /tmp directory
A
No, You can make use of any local directory
Q
why are you using Sudo command as a prefix for tuptime
A
the exection must be done only as an superuser so either you can switch to Superuser or just use sudo as a prefix