Setting up the Iftop software for IP Traffic monitoring purposes on our Alpine Linux virtual machine

Welcome back to another tutorial from our Alpine Linux explorations tutorial series.

This time we are going to run the Iftop software on our Alpine Linux virtual machine for IP Traffic monitoring purposes.

?We need to complete several steps to get it working correctly.

1. We need to power on our Alpine Linux virtual machine from the Oracle Virtual Box Manager.

2. Once our Alpine Linux virtual machine execution environment has fully booted we are ready to begin the process – system ready.

?3. We need to open the Linux Terminal.

?4. We need to switch to the root user to run the necessary commands to install the Iftop software correctly.

?5. We first need to update our Alpine Linux virtual machine execution environment. First, run the command ‘apk update’.

?6. We then need to run the command ‘apk upgrade’.

?7. Now the Alpine Linux virtual machine execution environment is fully updated.

8. Now we can search for the package iftop.

9. Now let's install the package for our iftop software.

10. We can start the utility using the command iftop.

11. And we are ready.

12. This is the main section of the iftop utility.

13. We are now getting a readout of some network information.

14. Keep it running to gather additional information.

15. Time to shut down our Alpine Linux Virtual Machine execution environment.

That was most enjoyable. See you next time! #linux