# Sysdig

> Explore Sysdig, the versatile tool for system-level exploration on Linux, offering insights into server state and activities for troubleshooting and security.

- Canonical: https://www.russ.cloud/2014/05/25/sysdig/
- Published: 2014-05-25
- Author: Russ McKendrick
- Tags: Linux, Tools, Security, DevOps

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[Sysdig](http://www.sysdig.org/) looks like it could be a useful addition to a sysadmins list of tools, it is described as;

> Sysdig is open source, system-level exploration: capture system state and activity from a running Linux instance, then save, filter and analyze. Think of it as strace + tcpdump + lsof + awesome sauce. With a little Lua cherry on top.

It’s easy to [install](http://www.sysdig.org/install/) ….

```bash frame="terminal" title="Sysdig 1/1"
curl -s https://s3.amazonaws.com/download.draios.com/stable/install-sysdig | sudo bash
```


…. and even easier to run ….

- [Overview](http://www.sysdig.org/)
- [Sysdig Examples](http://www.sysdig.org/)
- [Fishing for Hackers: Analysis of a Linux Server Attack](http://draios.com/fishing-for-hackers/)

I wish I had something this straight forward when I was doing syadmin work as a day job, you youngsters don’t know how good you have it.