CPU Temp and HDD S.M.A.R.T. Status - how do I see these?

[bearhntr]

I have just installed Proxmox VE 7.2-3 (and upgraded to 7.2-11) on an HP Z240 Workstation with 512 GB SSD and 64GB RAM. I have installed the lm-sensors under the SHELL, and I am getting CPU temp there (see image) but I do not see these anywhere in the Console. I am moving over from vmWare ESXi - of which I am familiar and can see both of these.



This shows that it is there and enabled - but I cannot see it in the Console.

 

[0xd149e38e]

but I cannot see it in the Console.

What exactly do mean with "Console"?

 

[bearhntr]

What exactly do mean with "Console"?

 

[Dunuin]

If you mean the webUI...this isn't officially supported (but you can google for some hacky modifications to add CPU temperatures).
See for example here: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/temperature.67755/

 

[0xd149e38e]

But you can see the SMART Values in Datacenter->proxmox->Discs click on a device and press Show SMART Values.

 

[0xd149e38e]

If you want extended monitoring, then I'd suggest to setup a monitoring server stack, like telegraf, influxdb, grafana

 

[bearhntr]

If you mean the webUI...this isn't officially supported (but you can google for some hacky modifications to add CPU temperatures).
See for example here: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/temperature.67755/

I had looked at a few of them -- this one, seemed interesting, but the format of some of the lines do not match what they say to change: https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/rhq56e/displaying_cpu_temperature_in_proxmox_summery_in/

 

[bearhntr]

But you can see the SMART Values in Datacenter->proxmox->Discs click on a device and press Show SMART Values.

I tried that -- it is greyed out -- why I posted the message... :-(

 

[bearhntr]

If you want extended monitoring, then I'd suggest to setup a monitoring server stack, like telegraf, influxdb, grafana

Not familiar with any of those. Got any good links/tutorials?

 

[0xd149e38e]

click on a device and press Show SMART Values.

@bearhntr just read: Click on the line /dev/sda and then Show SMART becomes available.

 

[bearhntr]

I am also hoping -- as I have enabled IOMMU and can see the INTEL - Thermal Sensors in PCI DEVICES - that I can pass this information into the VMs. Once that I more commonly use (pfSense and HomeAssistant)

 

[bearhntr]

@bearhntr just read: Click on the line /dev/sda and then Show SMART becomes available.

LOL - Well color me SHOCKED. Did not think to do that. THANK YOU

 

[0xd149e38e]

As I said for monitoring, setup a monitoring stack.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=telegraf+influxdb+grafana+tutorial+

 

[Pieter1973]

I was struggling with this as well untill I found this genius solution:

https://sluijsjes.nl/2024/05/20/how-to-show-your-cpu-temperature-in-the-proxmox-web-interface/

 

[monoblock]

Hi, i use bpytop on the Host, sudo apt install bpytop
After installation type bpytop in the shell:

 

[divStar]

To those, who suggest to use telegraf + influxdb + grafana: it works somewhat well if telegraf is running on the host and reports into e.g. an influxdb, that runs in a container of any sorts. However: it doesn't work as well if you do not want to install telegraf on the host. I am also pretty sure you need access to the drives themselves (not just volumes) to monitor them somewhere (e.g. using `smartctl`).

So if I have to install something to read data from the host anyway (host CPU/RAM/disks), why should I have to install telegraf, influxdb or grafana? I personally am using the capabilities of the IPMI, that I have, but I can imagine someone would prefer to monitor the host using the host system. And if I already have a pretty and working web UI like Proxmox, why not open it up for plugins and enhancements (if you do not want to include all those different temperature "pages")?