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How to install, start, and stop the sys-snap script

Donell Cox
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How do you install, start, and stop the sys-snap script?

 

Answer

You may have a recurring issue on your server, and you wish to know exactly what processes were running and who owned them at a specific time. On GitHub, there is a script available, sys-snap.pl, that collects and displays this information to you. It works on a rolling 24-hour loop, so only the last 24 hours are available. The article describes how to install, start, and stop the sys-snap script.

Warning: cPanel's Technical Support cannot assist in the installation or usage of the script. For those unfamiliar with using scripts via the command line, you may want a qualified systems administrator to review the logs.

Install
  1. Log in to the server via SSH or WHM's Terminal as the root user

  2. Run the following command:

    # wget -O /root/sys-snap.pl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cPanelTechs/SysSnapv2/master/sys-snap.pl && cd /root/ && chmod 744 sys-snap.pl

Start
  1. Log in to the server via SSH or WHM's Terminal as the root user

  2. Run the following command:

    # perl /root/sys-snap.pl --start

Stop
  1. Log in to the server via SSH or WHM's Terminal as the root user

  2. Run the following command:

    # perl /root/sys-snap.pl --stop

Additional Resources

sys-snap Gitbhub page

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