Server monitoring in Hestia CP

Hestia CP is one of the most popular and user-friendly hosting control panels around. It covers everything from managing websites, email, and databases to SSL certificates, file management, and task scheduling — all from a clean, straightforward interface.

Hestia CP includes a built-in monitoring tool that allows you to track the real-time status of your server and its main services.

To view statistics, go to the Task Monitor section in the top menu of the panel.

Navigating to the monitoring section in Hestia

You can choose the time period for the graphs: Day, Week, Month, or Year.
There is also a pause button to temporarily stop data collection.

Available graphs

• Load Average
  Shows the current CPU load. The normal value should not exceed the number of CPU cores.

• Memory Usage
  Displays real-time RAM consumption.

• Bandwidth Usage eth0
  Shows incoming and outgoing network traffic on the main network interface.

• APACHE2 Usage
  Displays the number of active connections to the Apache web server.

• NGINX Usage
  Shows the number of active connections to the Nginx web server.

• Exim Usage
  Displays the number of emails currently in the Exim mail queue.

• MySQL Usage on localhost
  Shows the number of active queries to the MySQL database.

• FTP Usage
  Displays the number of active FTP connections.

• SSH Usage
  Shows the number of active SSH connections.

Overview of the monitoring section in Hestia CP

Useful tips

• Regularly check the graphs, especially Load Average and Memory Usage — this helps you notice server overload in time.
• If any graph consistently shows high values, it’s a signal to optimize your websites or increase server resources.