Run glances webserver as a user service (agent) on macOS

README.md

com.boneskull.glances-web

This launch agent will automatically start a glances web server

Installation

1. Install Homebrew.
2. Install glances. Execute brew install glances.
3. Copy the .plist file in this gist into ~/Library/LaunchAgents/.
4. EDIT the .plist: change /Users/boneskull/ to /Users/<you>/
5. Execute launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.boneskull.glances-web.plist. Do not run this command with superuser privileges.

Notes

• You can also just install glances via pip3 if you have it.
• This may be better installed as a global daemon instead of a user agent.

com.boneskull.glances-web.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
	<key>KeepAlive</key>
	<true/>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>com.boneskull.glances-web</string>
	<key>ProcessType</key>
	<string>Interactive</string>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>
		<string>/usr/local/bin/glances</string>
		<string>-w</string>
	</array>
	<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
	<string>/Users/boneskull/Library/Logs/com.boneskull.glances-web.err.log</string>
	<key>StandardOutPath</key>
	<string>/Users/boneskull/Library/Logs/com.boneskull.glances-web.log</string>
</dict>
</plist>

ah no. I don’t know where it’d be. run which glances from terminal and it should tell you. use that

ah no. I don’t know where it’d be. run which glances from terminal and it should tell you. use that

Comes back to this -> /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/glances

Going to test it in a few and see if it works...

I've been getting this in terminal:

Load failed: 5: Input/output error
Try running `launchctl bootstrap` as root for richer errors.

I solved it. For local installs using pip3, routing to the glances script is necessary. Using which glances like you suggested showed the path. My error that I was getting was a result of glances-web already being loaded. I had to unload and reload to get it working again. I used an app called LaunchControl on macOS to aid.

Thanks a lot for the right up. I finally have glances going, and have added it to my server dashboard -- gethomepage.dev

@iamronr LaunchControl is great!

I agree! 100%. I had no idea about it until I actually needed something like it. Now it's a must-have app for me and my self-hosted stuff.