Summary
The profiler tool shows CPU usage for each process running in RouterOS. It helps to identify which process is using most of the CPU resources.
Watch our video about this feature.
[admin@MikroTik] > /tool/profile
On multi-core systems, the tool allows specifying per core CPU usage.
"CPU" parameter allows specifying integer number which represents a core or two of predefined values all and total:
- total - this value sets to show the sum of all core usages;
- all - value sets to show CPU usages separately for every available core
In the following example we will take a look at both predefined values:
[admin@MikroTik] > /tool/profile cpu=all NAME CPU USAGE ethernet 1 0% kvm 0 0% kvm 1 4.5% management 0 0% management 1 0.5% idle 0 100% idle 1 93% profiling 0 0% profiling 1 2% [admin@MikroTik] > /tool profile cpu=total NAME CPU USAGE ethernet all 0% console all 0% kvm all 2.7% management all 0% idle all 97.2% profiling all 0% bridging all 0%
Classifiers
RouterOS processes are classified by type and the CPU usage for each type is displayed separately for ease of debugging.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| backup | Backup service |
| bfd | BFD service |
| bgp | BGP service |
| bridging | Bridging service |
| btest | Bandwidth test. |
| certificate | Certificate service |
| console | Console |
| container | combined container usage |
| dhcp | DHCP-Server and DHCP-Client services |
| disk | storage-related services |
| dns | DNS-related services |
| dude | The Dude package services |
| e-mail tool | |
| encrypting | encrypting processes |
| eoip | EoIP |
| ethernet | Ethernet-related properties like link speed, auto-negotiation, duplex mode, monitor a transceiver diagnostic information, etc. |
| fetcher | Fetch tool |
| firewall | Firewall-related processes |
| firewall-mgmt | Firewall Management: Filtering, NAT, Mangle |
| flash | storage-related services |
| ftp | FTP Service |
| gps | GPS Service |
| graphing | Graphing tool |
| gre | GRE |
| health | system monitoring, workd health |
| hotspot | Hotspot service |
| idle | Free CPU resources |
| igmp-proxy | IGMP Proxy service |
| internet-detect | Detect Internet tool |
| ip-pool | IP Pool service |
| ipsec | IPsec service: |
| kvm | KVM virtual machine functionality |
| l7-matcher | L7 matcher |
| lcd | LCD Interfaces system |
| ldp | Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) |
| logging | Logging system |
| management | different subsystems: scheduler, networking, file management, etc. |
| mpls | MPLS-related features |
| neighbour-discovery | Neighbour discovery service |
| networking | common set of services included in the networking |
| ntp | NTP service |
| ospf | OSPF service |
| ovpn | OVPN service |
| pim | Protocol Independent Multicast |
| profiling | Profiler service |
| queue-mgmt | Queues: Simple queues, Queue tree, Queue types |
| queuing | Intermediate Queuing |
| radius | RADIUS service |
| radv | IPv6 radv daemon log messages service |
| remote-access | accessing the device directly without logging into RouterOS |
| rip | Routing Information Protocol |
| routing | Routing-related services |
| serial | serial console and terminal tool |
| sniffing | packet Sniffer tool |
| snmp | SNMP |
| socks | Socket Secure |
| spi | storage-related services |
| ssh | SSH Server |
| ssl | SSL |
| supout.rif | supout.rif file generation |
| telnet | Telnet service |
| tftp | TFTP service |
| traffic-accounting | Traffic-Flow log system |
| traffic-flow | Traffic-Flow system |
| unclassified | processes or services that are not defined by this classifier |
| upnp | UPnP protocol |
| usb | USB features |
| user-manager | User Manager service |
| vrrp | VRRP |
| web-proxy | Web Proxy |
| winbox | Winbox |
| wireguard | Wireguard |
| wireless | common set of services using Wireless systems |
| www | Webfig HTTP service |
| zerotier | ZeroTier |