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Infrastructure Details

See how your server is doing at a glance, with live CPU, memory, disk, and process stats.

The Infrastructure Details tab is your quick health check. Open it any time you want to see whether your server is busy, running low on memory, or close to filling up the disk. It refreshes by itself every couple of seconds, so the numbers you see are always fresh.

What you can do here

  • See live CPU, memory, and disk usage at a glance.
  • Spot the top 10 processes hogging CPU or memory.
  • Free up cached memory in one click.
  • Clean out old logs and temp files to reclaim disk space.
  • Refresh the metrics manually whenever you want.

Open the Infrastructure Details tab

Open app → Click your server → Click the Infrastructure Details tab

You'll see three big circular gauges at the top, then a process table below. Numbers refresh on their own every 2 seconds while you stay on the tab.

Read the three stat cards

Each card uses a colour code that gets louder as the number climbs: green up to 60%, yellow at 60 to 80%, orange at 80 to 90%, red at 90% and up.

CardWhat it showsExtra info below the gauge
ProcessorCPU load as a percentageSystem uptime and number of CPU cores
MemoryRAM in use as a percentageUsed GB out of total, available memory, swap usage
StorageRoot disk used as a percentageUsed out of total size, available space

Read the top processes table

Below the gauges, the Top Processes table lists the 10 heaviest processes running right now.

ColumnWhat it shows
PIDThe process ID number
ProcessThe command or program name
CPU %CPU usage. On multi-core servers this can go above 100% (100% means one full core)
Memory %RAM usage as a percentage of total

Click any column header to sort by that field. The table holds the top 10 only, so very small background tasks don't appear.

Refresh the numbers

Numbers refresh on their own every 2 seconds. If you want to force an immediate update:

Click Refresh Metrics (top right of the tab)

You'll see a brief spinner on the button, then the gauges and process list update.

Free up cached memory

When the Memory card is high but you suspect a lot of it is just cached data Linux is hanging on to, you can release it.

Find the Clear Buffer/Cache icon

Memory card → Top right corner → Trash icon (purple)

Hover over it to see the tooltip "Clear Buffer/Cache".

Click the icon

A toast pops up at the bottom saying "Clearing buffer/cache memory..." with a spinner. There is no confirmation dialog, the action runs immediately.

Wait for the result

When it finishes you'll see "Buffer/cache memory cleared successfully". The Memory gauge updates to reflect the freed-up space.

Clearing the cache is safe. Linux uses spare RAM to speed up file reads, and it gives that memory back the moment a real program needs it. This action just releases the cache early.

Clean disk space

When the Storage card is creeping into orange or red, you can wipe out old logs and temp files.

Find the Clean Disk Space icon

Storage card → Top right corner → Trash icon (orange)

Hover for the tooltip "Clean Disk Space (Remove old logs & temp files)".

Click the icon

A toast appears: "Cleaning disk space..." with a spinner. Like cache clearing, this runs straight away with no confirmation.

Wait for the result

When it finishes you'll see "Disk space cleaned successfully". The Storage gauge drops by however much was reclaimed.

What this action removes:

  • Log files older than 2 days
  • Compressed log archives (.gz)
  • Systemd journal entries older than 3 days
  • Temporary files in /tmp and /var/tmp
  • Package manager caches (apt-get clean or yum clean all, depending on your OS)

This permanently deletes the files listed above. If you need to keep older logs for audit or compliance reasons, copy them somewhere safe before running this.

Tips

Keep the Infrastructure Details tab open in a separate window during deploys or migrations. You'll spot a CPU or memory spike the moment it happens.

If a process is stuck consuming 100% CPU, note its PID from the table, then jump to the AI Terminal and run kill <PID> (or kill -9 <PID> if it ignores the polite version).

When the Storage card hits 90% red, clean the disk first. If it's still high, check the AI Terminal with du -sh /* 2>/dev/null | sort -h to find the biggest folders.

Troubleshooting