iStat is a great iPhone application you can use to monitor a (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server. Here are the following steps to configure your (dv) server for iStat.

1. Download the latest version of the istat for linux from http://code.google.com/p/istatd/
   
   

   wget http://istatd.googlecode.com/files/istatd-0.5.4.tar.gz

2. Extract the package:
   
   

   tar -zxvf istatd-0.5.4.tar.gz 

   cd istatd-0.5.4

3. Configure and build.  You MUST make sure you have the Developer Tools installed:
   
   

   ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc
   make
   make install
   

4. Create a new user account for the program so it can run in a shielded environment:
   
   

   useradd istat -s /sbin/nologin
   mkdir -p /var/{cache,run}/istat
   chown istat /var/{cache,run}/istat
   

5. Start the service:
   
   

    /usr/bin/istatd -d

6. Create a script to restart service upon reboot, and add the following lines:
   
   

   vi /etc/init.d/istatreboot.sh 

   
   # Start istatd upon reboot/startup
   /usr/bin/istatd -d 

7. Edit the /etc/rc.local file:
   

   vi /etc/rc.local 

8. Add /etc/init.d/istatreboot.sh to the bottom of the script.
9. Edit the istat.conf, and change the server code to a new 5 digit number of your choosing (default is 12345):
   

   vi /etc/istat.conf 

   You will also want to change the following two lines monitor_net, and monitor_disk, to match what is provided in the example istat.conf file:

   #
   # /etc/istat.conf: Configuration for iStat server
   #
   
   # network_addr           127.0.0.1
   # network_port           5109
   server_code              12345
   # server_user            istat
   # server_socket          /tmp/istat.sock
   # server_pid             /var/run/istat/istat.pid
   # cache_dir              /var/cache/istat
   
   monitor_net              venet0
   monitor_disk             ( /dev/vzfs )
    

10. Done.  Now setup your iPhone/iPod Touch to connect.
    

Notes/Supplemental Resources:

• iStat Linux Homepage
  
• iStat iPhone App 
• iStat Linux Discussion Group
  

Revisions:

10-12-2009: Updated several commands and links
07-27-2009: Updated step 5, thanks Michael
06-29-2009: Article Creation