Simple Bash Bandwidth Monitor

Simple bash script, with optional PHP frontend, for monitoring speed and traffic on linux.

Requirements

numfmt awk

Optional: exec enabled in php.ini in order to use the php frontend

Available Actions

up = current upload speed

down = current download speed

total-up = upload traffic since the latest reboot

total-down = download traffic since the latest reboot

Available Formats

GB = Show values in GigaBytes

MB = Show values in MegaBytes

KB = Show values in KiloBytes

B = Show values in Bytes

HUMAN = Show values in Human readable format

Installation

1. Install the dependencies (see Requirements)
2. Clone the repo where you want
3. Run ./status.sh ACTION INTERFACE FORMAT (see Available Actions & Available Formats)
4. END

Installation on webserver

1. Install the dependencies and enable exec inside the php.ini (See Requirements)
2. Clone the repo inside the webserver
3. Open status.php
4. Edit $interface="eth0"; with the interface you want to monitor
5. Open the url http://XXXXXXXXX/status.php?t=ACTION&f=FORMAT (see Available Actions & Available Formats)
6. END

Conky

See conkyrc-snippet for the code