EdgeOSv1.10.6 – EdgeMax (EdgeRouter) installing vnstat to record bandwidth usage

I wanted to record how much bandwidth is being used during the month. I found these instructions to install vnstat, a traffic monitor.

• open a ssh connection to your router
  • the credentials are the same that you use in the web admin portal
• run the following lines to add the debian repo

  • configure
    set system package repository wheezy components 'main contrib non-free'
    set system package repository wheezy distribution wheezy
    set system package repository wheezy url http://http.us.debian.org/debian
    commit; save; exit

• update cache
  • sudo apt-get update
• install vnstat
  • sudo apt-get install -y vnstat vnstati
    • vnstati is a tool that creates images off of the data
• run vnstat

  • sudo vnstat -i eth0

• run this line to allow vnstat to start after reboot

  • ln -s /etc/init.d/vnstat /config/scripts/post-config.d/vnstat

More info can be found here:

http://tate.cx/edgeos-data-usage-monitor-using-vnstat
https://community.ubnt.com/t5/EdgeMAX-Feature-Requests/vnStat-vnStati-on-ERL/idi-p/819414