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macos - vnstat

vnstat

wanna install vnstat on your mac ?

install

brew install vnstat gsed

and you’ll get the following Message after installation:

==> vnstat
To monitor interfaces other than "en0" edit /opt/homebrew/etc/vnstat.conf

To start vnstat now and restart at startup:
  sudo brew services start vnstat
Or, if you don't want/need a background service you can just run:
  /opt/homebrew/opt/vnstat/bin/vnstatd --nodaemon --config /opt/homebrew/etc/vnstat.conf

Service Location

Let’s build a directory for the Database

mkdir ~/Library/vnstat

Path

Depending where you’re config files got installed …