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# Tutorial
You can use [nats-top](https://github.com/nats-io/nats-top) to monitor in realtime NATS server connections and message statistics.
## Prerequisites
* [Set up your Go environment](https://golang.org/doc/install)
* [Installed the NATS server](../../nats-server/installation.md)
## 1. Install nats-top
```bash
% go get github.com/nats-io/nats-top
```
You may need to run the following instead:
```bash
% sudo -E go get github.com/nats-io/nats-top
```
## 2. Start the NATS server with monitoring enabled
```bash
% nats-server -m 8222
```
## 3. Start nats-top
```bash
% nats-top
```
Result:
```bash
nats-server version 0.6.6 (uptime: 2m2s)
Server:
Load: CPU: 0.0% Memory: 6.3M Slow Consumers: 0
In: Msgs: 0 Bytes: 0 Msgs/Sec: 0.0 Bytes/Sec: 0
Out: Msgs: 0 Bytes: 0 Msgs/Sec: 0.0 Bytes/Sec: 0
Connections: 0
HOST CID SUBS PENDING MSGS_TO MSGS_FROM BYTES_TO BYTES_FROM LANG VERSION
```
## 4. Run NATS client programs
Run some NATS client programs and exchange messages.
For the best experience, you will want to run multiple subscribers, at least 2 or 3. Refer to the [example pub-sub clients](../../nats-server/clients.md).
## 5. Check nats-top for statistics
```bash
nats-server version 0.6.6 (uptime: 30m51s)
Server:
Load: CPU: 0.0% Memory: 10.3M Slow Consumers: 0
In: Msgs: 56 Bytes: 302 Msgs/Sec: 0.0 Bytes/Sec: 0
Out: Msgs: 98 Bytes: 512 Msgs/Sec: 0.0 Bytes/Sec: 0
Connections: 3
HOST CID SUBS PENDING MSGS_TO MSGS_FROM BYTES_TO BYTES_FROM LANG VERSION
::1:58651 6 1 0 52 0 260 0 go 1.1.0
::1:58922 38 1 0 21 0 105 0 go 1.1.0
::1:58953 39 1 0 21 0 105 0 go 1.1.0
```
## 6. Sort nats-top statistics
In nats-top, enter the command `o` followed by the option, such as `bytes_to`. You see that nats-top sorts the BYTES\_TO column in ascending order.
```bash
nats-server version 0.6.6 (uptime: 45m40s)
Server:
Load: CPU: 0.0% Memory: 10.4M Slow Consumers: 0
In: Msgs: 81 Bytes: 427 Msgs/Sec: 0.0 Bytes/Sec: 0
Out: Msgs: 154 Bytes: 792 Msgs/Sec: 0.0 Bytes/Sec: 0
sort by [bytes_to]:
Connections: 3
HOST CID SUBS PENDING MSGS_TO MSGS_FROM BYTES_TO BYTES_FROM LANG VERSION
::1:59259 83 1 0 4 0 20 0 go 1.1.0
::1:59349 91 1 0 2 0 10 0 go 1.1.0
::1:59342 90 1 0 0 0 0 0 go 1.1.0
```
## 7. Use different sort options
Use some different sort options to explore nats-top, such as:
`cid`, `subs`, `pending`, `msgs_to`, `msgs_from`, `bytes_to`, `bytes_from`, `lang`, `version`
You can also set the sort option on the command line using the `-sort` flag. For example: `nats-top -sort bytes_to`.
## 8. Display the registered subscriptions.
In nats-top, enter the command `s` to toggle displaying connection subscriptions. When enabled, you see the subscription subject in nats-top table:
```bash
nats-server version 0.6.6 (uptime: 1h2m23s)
Server:
Load: CPU: 0.0% Memory: 10.4M Slow Consumers: 0
In: Msgs: 108 Bytes: 643 Msgs/Sec: 0.0 Bytes/Sec: 0
Out: Msgs: 185 Bytes: 1.0K Msgs/Sec: 0.0 Bytes/Sec: 0
Connections: 3
HOST CID SUBS PENDING MSGS_TO MSGS_FROM BYTES_TO BYTES_FROM LANG VERSION SUBSCRIPTIONS
::1:59708 115 1 0 6 0 48 0 go 1.1.0 foo.bar
::1:59758 122 1 0 1 0 8 0 go 1.1.0 foo
::1:59817 124 1 0 0 0 0 0 go 1.1.0 foo
```
## 9. Quit nats-top
Use the `q` command to quit nats-top.
## 10. Restart nats-top with a specified query
For example, to query for the connection with largest number of subscriptions:
```bash
% nats-top -n 1 -sort subs
```
Result: nats-top displays only the client connection with the largest number of subscriptions:
```bash
nats-server version 0.6.6 (uptime: 1h7m0s)
Server:
Load: CPU: 0.0% Memory: 10.4M Slow Consumers: 0
In: Msgs: 109 Bytes: 651 Msgs/Sec: 0.0 Bytes/Sec: 0
Out: Msgs: 187 Bytes: 1.0K Msgs/Sec: 0.0 Bytes/Sec: 0
Connections: 3
HOST CID SUBS PENDING MSGS_TO MSGS_FROM BYTES_TO BYTES_FROM LANG VERSION
::1:59708 115 1 0 6 0 48 0 go 1.1.0
```