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sigar - System Info Gather And Reporter
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The Sigar api provides a portable interface for gathering system
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information such as:
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- system memory, swap, cpu, load average, uptime
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- per-process memory, cpu, credential info, state, arguments, environment,
open files
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- file system detection and metrics
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- network interface configuration info and metrics
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The core API is implemented in pure C with bindings currently
implemented for Java, Perl and C#.
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The following platforms are currently supported:
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- Linux (2.2, 2.4, 2.6 kernels)
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- Win32 (NT 4.0 sp6, 2000 Pro/Server, 2003 Server, XP)
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- Solaris (2.6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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- Solaris x86 (8, 9, 10)
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- HP/UX (11)
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- AIX (4.3, 5.1, 5.2)
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- FreeBSD (5.3)
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- Mac OS X (10.4)
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To test drive run the following command:
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% java -jar sigar-bin/lib/sigar.jar
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sigar> help
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The shell and commands are implemented in Java, the source code is
located in examples/java.
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Javadocs are located in docs/javadoc.
Note that this is a BETA release of Sigar. Hyperic HQ uses Sigar in
production, however not all of the Sigar functionality is currently
used by HQ.
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Perl and C# interfaces are still a work in progress.
To try the Perl examples:
% cd bindings/perl
% perl Makefile.PL && make
% perl -Mblib ../../examples/perl/ifconfig.pl
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Support questions should be posted to the support forum:
http://www.hyperic.net/forums/index.jsp
or mailed to support@hyperic.net