System Metrics Collection

This project automates system performance monitoring using simple shell scripts.

Scripts

collect_metrics.sh

Captures and saves:

• CPU usage
• Memory usage
• Disk usage
• System uptime
• Load average

Each report is saved as:

archive_metrics.sh

Compresses all daily metrics files into: /home/ec2-user/system_monitor_project/archive/metrics_.tar.gz

Cron Jobs

• Collect metrics every 15 minutes: */15 * * * * /home/ec2-user/system_monitor_project/scripts/collect_metrics.sh
• Archive metrics daily at midnight: 0 11 * * * /home/ec2-user/system_monitor_project/scripts/archive_metrics.sh

Git Setup

• .gitignore excludes archive/ and reports/ directories.
• Only scripts and documentation are tracked in GitHub.