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Monitor Uptime on Ubuntu

Category: VPS Setup

Track VPS uptime on Ubuntu with Bash tools—run

uptime

to see runtime (e g \"up 5 days 12:34\") load averages (expect <1 0 for a 1-core VPS) and user count For continuous monitoring create a script:

#!/bin/bash\nwhile true; do uptime >> /var/log/uptime.log; sleep 3600; done

save as monitor sh make executable with

chmod +x monitor.sh

and run with

./monitor.sh &

Check logs with

tail -n 10 /var/log/uptime.log

Open UFW for SSH (ufw allow 22) to ensure remote access On DigitalOcean this helps verify 99 99% uptime claims alerting you to reboots impacting MySQL or FTP services

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