Setting up the nload software for network monitoring purposes on our Alpine Linux virtual machine
Welcome back to another tutorial from our Alpine Linux explorations tutorial series.
This time we are going to run the nload software on our Alpine Linux virtual machine for network monitoring purposes.
We need to complete several steps to get it working correctly.
1. We need to power on our Alpine Linux virtual machine from the Oracle Virtual Box Manager.
2. Once our Alpine Linux virtual machine execution environment has fully booted we are ready to begin the process – system ready.
3. We need to open the Linux Terminal.
4. We need to switch to the root user to run the necessary commands to install the nload software correctly.
5. We first need to update our Alpine Linux virtual machine execution environment. First, run the command ‘apk update’.
6. We then need to run the command ‘apk upgrade’.
7. Now we can run the command ‘reboot’.
8. Now the Alpine Linux virtual machine execution environment is fully updated.
9. Now we can search for the package nload.
10. Now let’s install the package for our nload software.
11. We can start the utility using the command ‘nload’.
12. This is the main section of the nload utility for the network interface eth0.
13. This is the main section of the nload utility for the network interface lo.
14. We press the F2 key to open the options menu.
15. We can also start the nload utility using the command ‘nload –m’ to display both network interfaces simultaneously.
16. We can now shut down our Alpine Linux virtual machine execution environment using the command ‘poweroff’.
Well, that was most enjoyable. See you in the next tutorial! #linux