Monitor individual processes on Ubuntu 22.04 VM

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Monitor individual processes on Ubuntu 22.04 VM

Bryce I 111

Hello-

I would like to set up ongoing monitoring of the individual processes on my Ubuntu 22.04 virtual machine. I have been having intermittent issues with high CPU utilization by specific processes, i.e. mysql, and would like to monitor and, when necessary, alert via email.

Is this supported on Ubuntu 22.04? If so, could you please direct me to reasonably concise directions?

Thanks much!

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Monitoring individual processes and setting up email alerts is achievable on Ubuntu 22.04.

ps, mail (pre-installed on Ubuntu)

Create a script (e.g., monitor_process.sh) it gathers process information (CPU usage) using ps aux | grep <process_name>

use the mail command to send an email notification if CPU usage exceeds 80%

Use Cron, which is a time-based job scheduler in Unix-like operating systems. It allows you to schedule jobs to run at specific times or intervals. This can be useful for automating tasks such as backups, system updates, and data processing.

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