sar installation

One line command for installation and basic configuration for collecting :

• New Debian/Ubuntu:

apt -y install sysstat; systemctl enable --now sysstat && sar

• Old Debian/Ubuntu:

apt -y install sysstat; sed -i 's/ENABLED="false"/ENABLED="true"/g' /etc/default/sysstat && service restart sysstat && sar

Optionally modify collection interval in: /etc/cron.d/sysstat

Optionally modify collection options in (SADC_OPTIONS="-S XALL"): /etc/sysstat/sysstat (man sadc)

• Red Hat/Fedora/Oracle Linux/AWS AMI:

yum -y install sysstat && service sysstat start

Installing sar Debian, you have to install sysstat package that includes sar and some other performance tools:

• apt -y install sysstat
• Checking installation: dpkg -l sysstat
• Binaries installed in /usr/bin/ directory: dpkg -L sysstat | grep "/usr/bin". Sysstat package contains sar and some other utilities.

Related

• Installing sysstat using Ansible
• systemctl enable --now sysstat

See also

• sar, installation, sar -A, sar -F, sar -d, sar -I ALL, sar -n NFS, sar -r, sar -S, sar -W, sar -n ALL, Installing sysstat using Ansible, /etc/sysstat/sysstat, /etc/cron.d/sysstat, sar --help, Sysstat changelog, /var/log/sysstat/, cpu time steal, sargraph, isag, Telegraf
• Performance: sysstat, sar, sadc, debian-sa1, sa1, sa2, iostat, nfsiostat mpstat, changelog, /usr/lib/sysstat/sadc, /etc/sysstat/sysstat, pidstat, irqstat