Getting Started - draios/sysdig GitHub Wiki
Welcome to sysdig! Sysdig is a universal system visibility tool with native support for containers. If this is your first time trying to use sysdig, then you've come to the right place.
Install
First, if you haven't already, you'll need to install sysdig.
Running Sysdig
The easiest way to get started using sysdig is with csysdig:
~$ csysdig
Csysdig is a simple, intuitive, and fully customizable curses UI for sysdig. We highly recommend you just try running csysdig and playing around with it for yourself. Here's an overview of csysdig including a video and the man page.
You can also run sysdig in its raw form:
~$ sysdig
To take advantage of this information, you'll want to learn how to use filters and chisels. Here are some cool examples to get you started. You might also want to check out this overview of sysdig and the user guide .
And finally, here are some other resources that tend to be helpful for new sysdig users:
Videos
- Csysdig intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ4wVrbP-Q8
- Sysdig intro video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX6Y8E9ijkk
Support documents
- About Sysdig - Why we built it and what it can do.
- About Csysdig - The sysdig UI that will fill all of your command line monitoring needs.
- Sysdig User Guide
- Cool Sysdig Examples
- Csysdig Manual Page
- Sysdig Manual Page
- Chisels User Guide