Installing smartcrl web browser monitoring for PowerPC models

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Smartcontrol and rrdtool together will allow you to monitor your system memory, swap file, system disk, drive volumes, and other system information all throw your web browser.



  • Download this file to your desktop.
  • Make a folder called monit in the public folder of the Synology box and unrar the file to it.
  • Telnet/SSH in your Synology box and type the following:
    • ipkg install rrdtool
    • ipkg install smartcrl
  • Make a folder called monitor in your Synology box web folder: type: mkdir /volume1/web/monitor
  • Copy the style.css file to the monitor folder, type: cp /volume1/public/monit/style.css /volume1/web/monitor
  • Give appropriate permissions to monitor folder, type: chmod 755 /volume1/web/monitor
  • Copy the monitor script file to /opt/bin type: cp /volume1/public/monit/monitor /opt/bin
  • Now make the monitor file an executable, type: chmod 755 /opt/bin/monitor
  • You need to now edit the crontab file located in /etc type: vi /etc/Crontab
  • Add this line to the file: 
*/5 * * * * root sh /opt/bin/monitor update
note : 5 = CONF_UPADTE_TIME / 60
  • Now you need to restart crond, type: 
/usr/syno/etc.defaults/rc.d/S04crond.sh stop
/usr/syno/etc.defaults/rc.d/S04crond.sh start
  • You can now delete the monit folder in the public folder, type: rm –r /volume1/public/monit
  • You can now access your system information by typing in: http://YOUR_SYNO/monitor/index.php in your web browser.
    • Be patient it might take a few minutes for the index.php file to be created.
  • A file called monitor.rrd should have been created in /etc this is where the script will save the different values.
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