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Author: Vivek Gite
Last updated: March 31, 2021
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H ow do I install vnstat network traffic monitor on Fedora

Linux system to monitor my hourly, daily, weekly, and
monthly bandwidth usage?
vnstat is free and open-source software. It is a console-based network traffic monitor

that keeps a log of daily network traffic for the selected network interface. It is not a
packet sniffer. The traffic information gathered from the /proc file-system so that
application can use without root user-level access. This page shows how to install
vnstat on Fedora Linux desktop or server.
Tutorial details
Difficulty level Easy
Root privileges Yes
Requirements Fedora Linux
Est. reading time 3 minutes
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/fedora-linux-install-vnstat-network-traffic-monitor/ 1/17
1. Find information about vnstat

Run the following dnf command:
dnf update
dnf info vnstat
2. Fedora Linux install vnstat app

Simply run the following command to install vnstat on Fedora Linux:
sudo dnf install vnstat
How to install vnstat on Fedora Linux
3. Configure the vnstat

You need to edit the file named /etc/vnstat.conf using a text editor such as vim/nano:
sudo vi /etc/vnstat.conf
Set default interface name (use the ip command to obtain interface name):
Interface "wlp1s0"
Save and close the file in vim/vi.
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Enable the service

Type the following systemctl command:
sudo systemctl enable vnstat.service
Sample outputs:
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/vnstatd.service ? /usr/lib/systemd/system/vnstat.service

Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/vnstat.service ? /usr/lib/system
Start the service
sudo systemctl start vnstat.service
Stop the service

sudo systemctl stop vnstat.service
Restart the service
sudo systemctl restart vnstat.service
Find status of the vnstat service
sudo systemctl status vnstat.service
4. Learn how to use vnstat

The syntax is as follows:
vnstat
vnstat -i NIC_NAME
vnstat [options] -i NIC_NAME
Let us see some examples by typing the following command:
vnstat
vnstat -i eth0
Sample outputs:
Database updated: Thu Jul 11 17:00:51 2019
eth0 since 06/11/17
rx: 796.74 TiB tx: 86.08 TiB total: 882.81 TiB
monthly
rx | tx | total | avg. rate
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
Jun '19 29.50 GiB | 2.84 GiB | 32.33 GiB | 104.64 kbit/s
Jul '19 11.95 GiB | 1.05 GiB | 13.00 GiB | 117.89 kbit/s
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
estimated 34.59 GiB | 3.04 GiB | 37.63 GiB |
daily
rx | tx | total | avg. rate
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
yesterday 1.82 GiB | 172.14 MiB | 1.99 GiB | 193.09 kbit/s
today 901.73 MiB | 92.55 MiB | 994.28 MiB | 132.98 kbit/s
------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
estimated 1.24 GiB | 129 MiB | 1.37 GiB |
One can display traffic summary for a merge of interfaces eth0, eth3 and eth7:
vnstat -i eth0+eth3+eth7
Want to see information about interface eth9 in xml format? Try:
vnstat -i eth0 --xml
How about see all information of all monitored interfaces in json format? Try:
vnstat --json
vnstat --json -i eth0
Display hours stats
vnstat -h
Show traffic statistics on a hourly basis for the last 24 hours
Daily bandwidth usage stats
vnstat -d
See traffic statistics on a daily basis for the last 30 days
Weekly bandwidth usage stats
vnstat -w
Get network traffic for 7 days, current and previous week
Monthly network usage stats
vnstat -m
My traffic statistics on a monthly basis for the last 12 months
Get top 10 bandwidth usage days
vnstat -t
Find all time top 10 traffic days
Monitor network transfer rate in real time
vnstat -l
Gif 01: vnstat live in action
Force a database update for interface eth0
vnstat -u -i eth0
Delete database of interface eth1 and stop monitoring it
vnstat -i eth1 --delete
Conclusion
This page showed you how to install and use vnStat which a console-based network
traffic monitor for Linux that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected
interface(s). For more info, see project home page here.
This entry is 4 of 6 in the vnStat Monitor and Log Network Traffic Tutorial
series. Keep reading the rest of the series:
1. How to install vnstat on a CentOS/RHEL/Fedora Linux
2. View Vnstat Graphs Using PHP Web Interface Frontend
3. How to install vnstat on FreeBSD Unix server
4. Fedora Linux install vnstat network traffic monitor
5. Ubuntu install vnstat console network traffic monitor
6. Alpine Linux install vnstat
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Fedora Linux install vnstat network traffic

H ow do I install vnstat network traffic monitor on Fedora

vnstat is free and open-source software. It is a console-based network traffic monitor

Difficulty level Easy

Root privileges Yes

Requirements Fedora Linux

Est. reading time 3 minutes

1. Find information about vnstat

dnf info vnstat

2. Fedora Linux install vnstat app

sudo dnf install vnstat

How to install vnstat on Fedora Linux

3. Configure the vnstat

Save and close the file in vim/vi.

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Enable the service

sudo systemctl enable vnstat.service

Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/vnstatd.service ? /usr/lib/systemd/system/vnstat.service

Start the service

sudo systemctl start vnstat.service

Stop the service

sudo systemctl stop vnstat.service

Restart the service

sudo systemctl restart vnstat.service

Find status of the vnstat service

sudo systemctl status vnstat.service

4. Learn how to use vnstat

vnstat [options] -i NIC_NAME

Let us see some examples by typing the following command:

Database updated: Thu Jul 11 17:00:51 2019

eth0 since 06/11/17

rx: 796.74 TiB tx: 86.08 TiB total: 882.81 TiB

rx | tx | total | avg. rate

estimated 34.59 GiB | 3.04 GiB | 37.63 GiB |

rx | tx | total | avg. rate

yesterday 1.82 GiB | 172.14 MiB | 1.99 GiB | 193.09 kbit/s

today 901.73 MiB | 92.55 MiB | 994.28 MiB | 132.98 kbit/s

estimated 1.24 GiB | 129 MiB | 1.37 GiB |

Want to see information about interface eth9 in xml format? Try:

vnstat -i eth0 --xml

vnstat --json -i eth0

Display hours stats

Show traffic statistics on a hourly basis for the last 24 hours

Daily bandwidth usage stats

See traffic statistics on a daily basis for the last 30 days

Weekly bandwidth usage stats

Get network traffic for 7 days, current and previous week

Monthly network usage stats

My traffic statistics on a monthly basis for the last 12 months

Get top 10 bandwidth usage days

Find all time top 10 traffic days

Monitor network transfer rate in real time