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Welcome to vnStat wiki

For basic project information, see the README.md.

How to install or upgrade

For generic install instructions, see INSTALL.md or INSTALL_BSD.md.

Upgrading an existing installation can be done by installing a new version on top of the existing installation. New configuration options are documented in UPGRADE.md.

Detailed install instructions for the latest vnStat release for several distributions, including older distribution releases:

• Arch
• CentOS
• Debian
• OpenSUSE
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu

Other alternatives:

• Docker
• Snap

Usage documentation

Man pages

Latest release:

• vnstat - main command
• vnstatd - daemon process
• vnstati - image output
• vnstat.conf - configuration file

Man pages for older releases can be found from https://humdi.net/vnstat/man/.

Topic specific

• Command line basics
• Configuration file basics
• Error and warning messages explained
• Real time monitoring modes
• Limit alerts
• Migrating data