Virtual Private Servers (VPS) are virtualized environments that run multiple instances of an operating system on a single physical server. In a VPS environment, the number of virtual CPUs (vCPUs) allocated to a virtual machine (VM) determines its computing power. It is essential to know the number of vCPUs available on a Linux VPS for optimal resource allocation and application performance.
In this guide, we will show you how to display the number of processors (vCPUs) available on your Linux VPS. We will use two simple commands to achieve this. The first command will display the CPU details, including the number of cores, while the second command will show the number of processors (vCPUs) assigned to the VM.
Step 1: Display CPU Details
To display CPU details, we will use the lscpu command. This command prints out detailed information about the processor architecture and its configuration.
Open your terminal and type:
lscpu
The output of this command will show you the number of cores, threads per core, and other details of your CPU architecture.
For example:
root@geeks:~# lscpu Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 8 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-7 Thread(s) per core: 1 Core(s) per socket: 1 Socket(s): 8 NUMA node(s): 1 Vendor ID: GenuineIntel CPU family: 6 Model: 106 Model name: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6336Y CPU @ 2.40GHz Stepping: 6 CPU MHz: 2399.998 BogoMIPS: 4799.99 Virtualization: VT-x Hypervisor vendor: KVM Virtualization type: full L1d cache: 32K L1i cache: 32K L2 cache: 4096K L3 cache: 16384K NUMA node0 CPU(s): 0-7
Step 2: Display the Number of vCPUs Assigned to the VM
To display the number of vCPUs assigned to the VM, we will use the nproc command. This command prints the number of processing units available to the current process. In a virtualized environment, this command displays the number of vCPUs assigned to the VM.
Open your terminal and type:
nproc
The output of this command will show you the number of vCPUs assigned to the VM.
root@geeks:~# nproc 8
Commands Mentioned:
- lscpu – displays CPU details
- nproc – displays the number of vCPUs assigned to the VM
Conclusion:
In this guide, we have shown you how to display the number of processors (vCPUs) available on your Linux VPS. We used two simple commands, lscpu to display CPU details and nproc to show the number of vCPUs assigned to the VM. Knowing the number of vCPUs available on your VPS is essential for optimal resource allocation and application performance.
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