VM data transfer quantity measuring, how?

[wosp]

Hi,

We use Proxmox VE 4.x for our VPS service. Customers buy resources (CPU, memory, HDD etc, and also data traffic, for example 500 GB a month). What tools do others use for measuring this? All experiences would be appreciated.

 

[manu]

If you're using bridge mode, you can see the cumulated RX/TX stats of each VM by looking at the interface from the host.
For instance for VM 104 with one interface it would be

ifconfig tap104i0

 

[wosp]

True, but counter don't reset at the 1st of a new month. Also the VM can be hosted at multiple nodes during the month.

 

[Null()]

You would need something to monitor and store this information into a database. WHMCS and Proxmox module would work great for this.