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Device Operations & Monitoring

Monitor and control your devices individually with detailed diagnostics and remote actions.

Device detail view

Device Detail View

Click on any device in your fleet to see what's going on under the hood.

Screen Capture

Admiral automatically keeps an eye on what's being displayed.

Features:

  • Automatic capture every 30 seconds
  • Manual capture on-demand
  • Historical screenshot archive
  • Full-resolution download

Device screenshot

Hardware Telemetry

Keep track of your hardware health with real-time graphs:

CPU Usage

  • Per-core utilization
  • Overall system load
  • Historical trends (1h, 24h, 7d)

Memory

  • RAM usage
  • Swap utilization

Disk I/O

  • Read/write operations
  • Throughput (MB/s)

Thermals

  • CPU temperature
  • GPU temperature
  • Thermal throttling indicators

Hardware telemetry graphs

Network Information

See exactly how your device is connected:

  • Interface name (eth0, wlan0)
  • IP address
  • Connection status
  • MAC address (hover to reveal)
  • Link speed (hover to reveal)

Network interfaces

Remote Actions

Configuration Management

Push Config - Force an immediate configuration update. Pull Latest - Check for and download the latest configuration.

Workload Control

Restart Container - Restart the workload (preserves config). Recreate Container - Rebuild from image (pulls latest). Stop Container - Stop the workload entirely.

System Power

Reboot - Restart the device. Shutdown - Power off the device.

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Shutdown requires physical access to power the device back on. Use Reboot for remote restarts.

Remote actions menu

Component Updates

Update Kernel - Remotely update the Linux kernel. Update Init RAM - Update the initial RAM disk.

Both updates apply on the next reboot without requiring a full re-flash.

Next Steps

Check out Real-time Logs to see how to troubleshoot issues live.