In this section, we are going to discuss the dmidecode
Linux tool, which will gather information about the system such as CPU information, server, memory, and networking.
Besides having a terminal open, we need to remember a few concepts:
- We are going to use some commands that will give us information about the Kernel, Linux distribution, physical server information, system uptime, network information, memory information, and CPU information.
- By using this, anyone can create scripts to gather system information.
- We can get details about the Linux distribution that you are working on. These distributions have a release file that you can locate in the
/etc/
folder. Now, open a terminal and enter the following command to get the information regarding the Linux distribution you are working on:
cat /etc/*-release