Microsoft has released for Linux operating systems, ProcMon, a tool monitoringof real-time data.
Microsoft said it revealed some time ago that it intended to port to Linux some of the tools provided by Sysinternals. One of those tools mentioned at the time was the Process Monitor or ProcMon for short. A preview version of the application is now available for Linux operating systems.
Το Process Monitor είναι ένα προηγμένο εργαλείο παρακολούθησης για τα Windows, που εμφανίζει δεδομένα σε πραγματικό χρόνο, όπως το μητρώο, τη δραστηριότητα των thread κλπ. Είναι ένα ισχυρό εργαλείο που υποστηρίζει την καταγραφή των πληροφοριών σε αρχεία, για μελλοντική analysis.
The program is highly configurable, supports non-destructive filters, can and does collect stacks of threads, download running processes, and record startup times.
The Linux version of Procmon is now available on GitHub. The tool is open source and is released as a Preview. This means that it is limited to systems running Ubuntu 18.04 with a 4.18 to 5.3 kernel.
Microsoft plans to add more configurations for various Linux systems in the future. Currently the installation instructions on Ubuntu 18.04 devices are quite simple. You only have to execute the following commands:
- wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$(lsb_release -rs) /packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
- sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install procmon
The Construction instructions are also provided on the GitHub website where Linux users can download a .deb file from the Versions section of the ProcMon GitHub page.
After installation you can run procmon -h command to see it screen help. Overall, Procmon is a powerful monitoring tool for your system, for advanced uses.
