Server monitoring is a big part of running a solid web site. As an admin, you must know what is going on your server. One of the tools most Linux/Unix admins are used to is called “top”. “top” by itself is a very powerful tool. Here is a quick guide on how to read output from top: introduction to load averages under top. It just makes sense that somebody went and created httptop to monitor http traffic.
Install perl modules:
install Term::ReadKey
install File::Tail
install Time::HiRes
Now copy paste the script below and save it in a location and set
+x attribute on it so you can execute it. On my …