--- title: Glances description: Glances Widget Configuration --- glances _(Find the Glances information widget [here](../info/glances.md))_ The Glances widget allows you to monitor the resources (cpu, memory, diskio, sensors & processes) of host or another machine. You can have multiple instances by adding another service block. ```yaml widget: type: glances url: http://glances.host.or.ip:port username: user # optional if auth enabled in Glances password: pass # optional if auth enabled in Glances metric: cpu ``` _Please note, this widget does not need an `href`, `icon` or `description` on its parent service. To achive the same effect as the examples above, see as an example:_ ```yaml - CPU Usage: widget: type: glances url: http://glances.host.or.ip:port metric: cpu - Network Usage: widget: type: glances url: http://glances.host.or.ip:port metric: network:enp0s25 ``` ## Metrics The metric field in the configuration determines the type of system monitoring data to be displayed. Here are the supported metrics: `info`: System information. Shows the system's hostname, OS, kernel version, CPU type, CPU usage, RAM usage and SWAP usage. `cpu`: CPU usage. Shows how much of the system's computational resources are currently being used. `memory`: Memory usage. Shows how much of the system's RAM is currently being used. `process`: Top 5 processes based on CPU usage. Gives an overview of which processes are consuming the most resources. `network:`: Network data usage for the specified interface. Replace `` with the name of your network interface, e.g., `network:enp0s25`, as specificed in glances. `sensor:`: Temperature of the specified sensor, typically used to monitor CPU temperature. Replace `` with the name of your sensor, e.g., `sensor:Package id 0` as specificed in glances. `disk:`: Disk I/O data for the specified disk. Replace `` with the id of your disk, e.g., `disk:sdb`, as specificed in glances. `gpu:`: GPU usage for the specified GPU. Replace `` with the id of your GPU, e.g., `gpu:0`, as specificed in glances. `fs:`: Disk usage for the specified mount point. Replace `` with the path of your disk, e.g., `/mnt/storage`, as specificed in glances. ## Views All widgets offer an alternative to the full or "graph" view, which is the compact, or "graphless" view. Screenshot 2023-09-06 at 1 51 48 PM To switch to the alternative "graphless" view, simply passs `chart: false` as an option to the widget, like so: ```yaml - Network Usage: widget: type: glances url: http://glances.host.or.ip:port metric: network:enp0s25 chart: false ```