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# Tempest Monitoring
**Tempest Monitoring** turns any SSH session into a live system dashboard: CPU, memory, disk, and network gauges update in real time inside the same tab where you're working — no Grafana, no Prometheus, no agent install required. It's a quick "is this box healthy?" answer for any Linux server you can SSH into.
## Enable monitoring
> Monitoring is part of **Tempest Pro**.
1. Open the connection's **Edit** form.
2. Toggle **Monitoring** on.
3. Save and reconnect.
Monitoring option in Edit form
Gauges appear above the terminal once a successful sample is collected.
## What runs on your server
> Tempest never sends your monitoring data anywhere — it's parsed locally and shown only in your tab.
Tempest periodically runs three standard Unix commands and parses the output:
* `top -b -n1` — first 5 lines, for CPU and memory
* `df` — for disk usage
* `cat /proc/net/dev` — for network I/O
These are read-only, available on virtually every Linux distribution, and require no special privileges. No agent, no daemon, no kernel module.
## Compatibility
* **Linux**: full support (any distro with `top` and `/proc/net/dev`).
* **macOS / BSD**: partial — CPU/memory work; some disk/network parsing differs.
* **Windows servers**: not supported (no `/proc/net/dev`).
## Privacy
See [How Tempest Protects Your Privacy](/account-and-privacy/how-tempest-protect-your-privacy.md) for the full data-handling story. Monitoring samples never leave your device.
## See also
* [Tempest AI Assistant](/productivity/tempest-ai-assistant.md) — ask the AI to investigate when a gauge spikes
* [Kubernetes Profiles](/productivity/kubernetes-profiles.md) — pair monitoring with `kubectl top`