---
title: "Viewing Running Processes on your Dedicated Server"
description: "In this tutorial: Using the \"top\" command Using the \"ps\" command In this tutorial we show you how to view current running process on your Dedicated server. This is done using command line interface..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/server/ssh/view-running-processes/
date: 2016-04-22
modified: 2024-04-17
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["SSH and Root Access"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Viewing Running Processes on your Dedicated Server

![Server Processes Hero Image](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Viewing-Server-Processes-1024x538.jpg)

## In this tutorial:

[Using the "top" command](#top) [Using the "ps" command](#)

In this tutorial we show you how to view current running process on your [**Dedicated server**](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/dedicated-servers). This is done using command line interface over SSH. We will show you two commands, as well as example results.

## View Running Processes using the "top" command

1. Log into your **Dedicated** server via [SSH](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/server/ssh/how-to-login-ssh/). Keep in mind you will see the results based on your user, so if you want to see all processes login as the "[root](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/amp/obtain-root-access/)" user.
2. Run the following command (highlighted in red) in your shell instance:*user5@example.com [~]*# **top -icd1**You will then see a list of how long the server has be **up** (in days), how many **users** are currently connected, and the **load average** (from 1, 5, and 15 minutes ago). Listed will also be information regarding running **Tasks**, **Cpu(s)**, **Mem**(ory), and **Swap** (Hard Disk). It will look similar to this, but keep in mind it will depend on your specific sites, and scripts:top - 06:56:05 up 151 days, 20:42, 2 users, load average: 0.17, 0.23, 0.24Tasks: 47 total, 1 running, 45 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombieCpu(s): 0.0%us, 0.0%sy, 0.0%ni,100.0%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%stMem: 1572864k total, 1512676k used, 60188k free, 0k buffersSwap: 2621440k total, 291720k used, 2329720k free, 1145668k cached    PID   USER       PR   NI     VIRT     RES     SHR       S   %CPU   %MEM     TIME+     COMMAND23607   user5       20     0   13004   1196       944       R         0.0             0.1     0:01.37     top -icd1

## View Running Processes using the "ps" command

1. Log into your **Dedicated** Server via [SSH](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/server/ssh/how-to-login-ssh/). Using the following command should allow you to see all processes, including those being run by the "[root](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/amp/obtain-root-access/)" user.
2. Run the following command (highlighted in red) in your shell instance:*user5@example.com [~]*# **ps aux**You will then see a list of running processes similar to the results below:USER           PID   %CPU   %MEM         VSZ       RSS           TTY             STAT   START     TIME   COMMANDroot                   1         0.0             0.0     19236         516           ?                 Ss         2015           0:18     initroot                   2         0.0             0.0             0             0             ?                 S           2015           0:00   root                   3         0.0             0.0             0             0             ?                 S           2015           0:00   dbus             774         0.0             0.0     21436         72             ?                 Ss         2015           0:00   dbus-daemon --systemroot             1013         0.0             0.2   100892     4388           ?                 Ss       06:40           0:00   sshd:   user5  

Congratulations, now you know how to view current running process on your Dedicated server!