htop is an awesome and interactive system-monitor process-viewer. It acts as an alternative to the FreeBSD program top. It is a text-mode application and latest version works on FreeBSD based pfsense firewall too.
Install htop 2.x on pfSense
You need to log in using ssh client:
ssh admin@your-pfsense-firewall-ip-here
ssh admin@192.168.2.254
Select option # 8 (shell).
Sample outputs:
To install htop, type:
pkg install htop
Sample outputs:
How do I use htop on pfSense firewall?
Simply type htop at the shell prompt (you may need to type rehash for the first time):
htop
Sample outputs:
How do I show only processes of a given user?
To see only processes of a given user (say nixcraft), enter:
htop -u nixcraft
htop --user=nixcraft
How do I show only the given PIDs?
The syntax is:
htop -p PID,[,PID,PID...]
htop --pid=PID,[,PID,PID...]
htop -p 31151,24721
How do I disable color scheme?
To see a monochrome color scheme, enter:
htop -C
htop --no-color
See htop man page for more information:
man htop
3 comment
Installing apps that are not in the PFSense Package Manager comes with some risk. Adding programs that are not tested by the PFSense team can have an impact on the security of the firewall. Personally, I wouldn’t risk it.
I can’t get into my account what do i do
htop installed from PFSense repo and not from the official FreeBSD repo. So I don’t see how this is going to provide some risk. The official FreeBSD repo are disabled for pkg.