Getting started with Server monitoring

Updated April 18, 2026

You can have your first server reporting metrics in under a minute. Add the server in the dashboard, run one install command on the host, then wait for the first heartbeat.

Quick start

Step 01

Add a server in the dashboard

Open your Servers view and click New server. Give it a display name, for example api-prod-1. Hyperping generates a single-use install token.

Step 02

Run the install command on the host

Copy the command from the enrollment screen and run it as a user that can sudo. The installer detects OS and architecture, verifies SHA256, and registers the service.

Step 03

Wait for the first heartbeat

Refresh the Servers view. Within about 30 seconds the entry moves from Pending to Reporting with CPU, memory, disk, and network graphs populated.

Install command

Replace the placeholder with your real install token:

TerminalBASH

curl -fsSL https://hyperping.com/install.sh | sh -s HP_INSTALL_xxxxx

The script is POSIX sh, so sh, dash, and bash all work. If you prefer to run as root directly, the command works without sudo.

📘What the installer changes

It creates the hyperping system user on Linux, writes config to /etc/hyperping/, installs the binary to /usr/local/bin/hp-agent, and registers a service with systemd or launchd. See the install reference for the full picture.