# Nvidia-smi use to monitor quadro gpus **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** agent\ **Created:** [September 10, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115 "2020-09-10T16:16:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eidal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@eidal](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/eidal)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115/1 "2020-09-10T16:16:54Z")
Hi everybody, I have just discovered _netdata_ and I already think it is a great tool. I installed it the recommended way using ‘curl’ and I have the latest stable branch on RHEL 7.8 with a Quadro P5200. Nvidia-smi works usually like a charm and the normal user can run it without escalated permissions. I used inside the folder _/etc/netdata/_: ```auto sudo ./edit-config python.d/nvidia_smi.conf ``` The conf file is created, with the values : ```auto nvidia-hm: name: nvidia-smi update_every: 1 priority: 60000 penalty: no autodetection_retry: 0 loop_mode: yes poll_seconds: 1 ``` After that I restart the _netdata_ service using : ```auto sudo systemctl restart netdata ``` … but nothing Nvidia related appears on the dashboard. I cannot wrap my head around it, I must have missed something but either on Github or the official documentation I have not found the answer. Would someone please help me ? Thanks in advance, Alexandre ---
**Author:** ![OdysLam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/odyslam/32/98_2.png) [@OdysLam](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/OdysLam)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115/2 "2020-09-14T15:09:07Z")
Thanks @rybue for providing another answer, you rock man 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eidal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@eidal](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/eidal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115/3 "2020-09-14T08:46:12Z")
OK ! Thanks to the hint in error log, I have the solution. It appears that the file does not read tabulations… my bad. An old habit to format code… Huge thanks @Rybue for your precious help and your reactivity 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eidal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@eidal](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/eidal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115/4 "2020-09-14T08:39:55Z")
Well I did all of it. Thanks for the path to the error logs. Among others, I get a : ```auto 2020-09-14 10:35:22: python.d ERROR: plugin[main] : [nvidia_smi] error on loading '/etc/netdata/python.d/nvidia_smi.conf' : ScannerError() 2020-09-14 10:35:22: python.d INFO: plugin[main] : [nvidia_smi] has no job configs, skipping it ``` ---
**Author:** ![Rybue](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/rybue/32/593_2.png) [@Rybue](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Rybue)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 8:25am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115/5 "2020-09-14T08:25:39Z")
Could you try to simplify `python.d/nvidia_smi.conf` file and have only those lines in file: ```auto loop_mode: yes poll_seconds: 1 ``` Restart service and check dashboard. Also, check for any errors in the `/var/log/netdata/error.log` file, related to nvidia. ---
**Author:** ![eidal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@eidal](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/eidal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115/6 "2020-09-14T08:21:41Z")
Nope. Nothing called Nvidia-smi on the dashboard. I have a screenshot but I do not know how to add it to my answer… ---
**Author:** ![Rybue](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/rybue/32/593_2.png) [@Rybue](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Rybue)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115/7 "2020-09-14T07:16:30Z")
On dashboard, new item, called `nvidia smi` should appeared. It should not be under `NetData Monitoring > python.d` ---
**Author:** ![eidal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@eidal](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/eidal)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115/8 "2020-09-14T07:13:41Z")
Hi @Rybue, Thanks a lot for your reactivity, I deeply apologize for being late. I ran : ```auto sudo ./edit-config python.d.conf ``` and uncomented the ` nvidia_smi yes` line. I then restarted the service but still nothing… On the dashboard I searched under NetData Monitoring \> python.d but still no Nvidia Gpu… Am I missing something ? ---
**Author:** ![OdysLam](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/odyslam/32/98_2.png) [@OdysLam](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/OdysLam)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115/9 "2020-09-10T21:21:10Z")
@eidal, make sure to report back the results of the above comment, we want to make sure that you got it working! Thanks @rybue for the suggestion! 🙏 ---
**Author:** ![Rybue](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/rybue/32/593_2.png) [@Rybue](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/Rybue)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115/10 "2020-09-10T20:31:31Z")
Hi @eidal! You should also enable nvidia-smi python plugin in `python.d.conf` So, run `sudo ./edit-config python.d.conf` and uncoment `nvidia_smi yes` line ---
**Author:** ![eidal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9d8465/32.png) [@eidal](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/eidal)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/nvidia-smi-use-to-monitor-quadro-gpus/115/11 "2020-11-26T13:56:29Z")
Thanks all it works great. Sorry for the delay I was sure I closed the subject last time. Thanks