# Celestia perform analysis of light node 

By [Digitclone.lens (L3, ❄️)(💙,🧡) 🛸(🌽,🌾) (🌸, 🌿)](https://paragraph.com/@digitclone) · 2023-04-08

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As a light node operator on the Celestia project, it's important to monitor resource usage to ensure that the blockchain network is running efficiently and effectively. In this post, we'll go over some tips and tools for monitoring resource usage of Celestia.

Here are the necessary steps for monitoring resource usage on Ubuntu:

*   Open the terminal
    
*   Install monitoring tools: There are several monitoring tools available for Ubuntu, including top, htop, iotop, and nmon. These tools can be installed using the following commands:
    

`sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install top htop iotop nmon`

*   Monitor CPU and memory usage with `top`: The `top` command shows real-time information about system processes and resource usage. To monitor CPU and memory usage with `top`, simply run the command `top` in the terminal. The output shows the percentage of CPU and memory usage for each process running on the system.
    

![top for Celestia light node](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/b1ad40568a409fafcaaeb7ea3f13ee1ce72ca1de582f24dadafc0047671a0bae.png)

top for Celestia light node

*   Monitor disk I/O with `iotop`: The `iotop` command shows real-time information about disk I/O usage. To monitor disk I/O with `iotop`, run the command `sudo iotop` in the terminal. The output shows the processes that are using the most disk I/O.
    

![itop for Celestia light node](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/657de33b04426899108982e9a9479d4f5e11e4d8db73543601ac2ee600a84277.png)

itop for Celestia light node

*   Monitor network usage with `nmon`: The `nmon` command shows real-time information about network usage. To monitor network usage with `nmon`, run the command `sudo nmon` in the terminal. The output shows the amount of network traffic for each network interface.
    

![nmon for Celestia light node](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/f4c20417c3b5a09f15cff66f1c16b2bcc3614b33eb38a6cee8f3f1fbf2043aa3.png)

nmon for Celestia light node

*   Monitor system performance with `htop`: The `htop` command is an interactive process viewer that shows real-time information about system performance. To monitor system performance with `htop`, run the command `htop` in the terminal. The output shows a list of processes with their resource usage, as well as system performance metrics such as CPU load and memory usage.
    

![htop for Celestia light node](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/603c92d42a72ac6dfea3a297a4f7a3386c4fb39d70927681aa1459000abb5e78.png)

htop for Celestia light node

In summary, to monitor resource usage on Ubuntu, we need to use monitoring tools such as `top`, `htop`, `iotop`, and `nmon`. These tools can be installed using the `apt-get` command, and provide real-time information about CPU, memory, disk I/O, and network usage.

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*Originally published on [Digitclone.lens (L3, ❄️)(💙,🧡) 🛸(🌽,🌾) (🌸, 🌿)](https://paragraph.com/@digitclone/celestia-perform-analysis-of-light-node)*