Why Monitor Your Asustor NAS and What You’ll Need
Monitoring an Asustor NAS means running web-based tools that show its current status and activity, helping you keep an eye on services, container health and general system behavior from any browser so you can spot problems, confirm that backups and apps are running as expected, and react before small issues turn into downtime. This matters if your NAS handles important files or self-hosted apps and you want clear, at-a-glance status instead of guessing from occasional log checks.
The approach below uses Docker containers managed through Dockhand, a web interface that lets you deploy apps on your Asustor NAS in a controlled way. You’ll set up DayGlance for a lightweight at-a-glance dashboard and Glances for a broader NAS monitoring view. Before you start, you need: an Asustor NAS with Docker support, access to its IP address on your network, and Dockhand installed and updated to the latest version. The Dockhand piece is the real prerequisite — without it, you can’t use the stack-based configuration you’ll see in the next section.
One Flow For Installing DayGlance and Glances via Dockhand
Think of this as a single walk-through: once you’re in Dockhand, installing DayGlance and Glances on your Asustor NAS follows almost the same pattern. The “gotchas” are small but important: using the right stack names, using the compose code exactly as given, and waiting for the stack creation message before you try to open the dashboards.
- Install or update Dockhand on your Asustor NAS, making sure you have the latest version before doing anything else.
- Open a browser on a device in the same network and go to http://asustor-ip-address:3866 to reach the Dockhand interface.
- In Dockhand’s left sidebar, click “Stacks”, then “+ Create” to define a new stack; this is how you’ll deploy each tool.
- For DayGlance, enter the stack name "dayglance" in lowercase in the Stack name field, then paste the provided compose code with the ghcr.io/krelltunez/dayglance:latest image and the 7191:80 port mapping, and click "Create & Start".
- Wait for the notification that says "Created stack \"dayglance\"" at the bottom right, then in Dockhand click "Containers", find the DayGLANCE container and confirm that the 7191:80 port is listed.
- Open a new browser tab and go to http://asustor-ip-address:7191, skip the initial welcome prompt, and adjust basic settings like theme and schedule options to finish DayGlance setup.
- Back in Dockhand, repeat the stack process for Glances: under "Stacks" click "+ Create" and set the stack name to "glances" in lowercase.
- Paste the Glances compose code that uses the nicolargo/glances:latest-full image, host networking, 61208:61208 port mapping and GLANCES_OPT set to -w, then click "Create & Start".
- Wait for the "Created stack \"glances\"" message, then open a browser and go to http://asustor-ip-address:61208 to reach the Glances web interface and confirm that the NAS monitoring dashboard is available.
Two recurring mistakes here: forgetting to install or update Dockhand first, and entering stack names with capital letters instead of lowercase, which the guides warn against explicitly. According to the guide author, "Almost 99,9% of the people that install something using my guides forget to support my work , or just ignore STEP 1", where STEP 1 refers to support and prerequisites. From a practical standpoint, think of STEP 1 as "prepare Dockhand" — your installations depend on it.
Using DayGlance on Your Asustor NAS
Once DayGlance is running on port 7191, you interact with it fully through the browser. The guide walks you through skipping the initial intro, switching to a dark theme, adding a first schedule with the + button, and using the "Add to Schedule" action to populate your day view. At the top-right, a Backup & Restore icon lets you save and restore your data with a single click, which is helpful if you experiment with schedules or move settings between NAS systems.
The expected result at this stage is straightforward: you’re able to "Enjoy dayGLANCE on You Asustor NAS" with all tasks and schedules handled locally. Because it runs as a Docker container, you don’t have to tinker with your NAS’s core OS settings; Dockhand keeps the deployment isolated. If anything feels off, the first place to look is Dockhand’s "Containers" view. Confirm that the DayGLANCE container is healthy and that the 7191:80 port mapping appears as shown in the guide. If it doesn’t, recreate the stack carefully, keeping the stack name in lowercase as instructed.
Accessing the Glances NAS Dashboard
Glances is described as "a cross-platform monitoring tool which aims to present a large amount of monitoring information through a curses or Web based interface". On your Asustor NAS, you’re using the web mode, which becomes available once the Docker container is up and responding on port 61208. The compose configuration in the guide defines host networking, a specific healthcheck using curl on http://localhost:61208/, and environment options that turn on the web server.
The payoff is seeing a NAS monitoring view when you go to http://asustor-ip-address:61208 in your browser. From there, you "Enjoy Glances on your Asustor NAS" as the guide puts it, treating it as your Glances NAS dashboard for system information. If the page doesn’t load, double-check in Dockhand that the glances stack was created successfully and that the "Created stack \"glances\"" message appeared before you tried to connect. Also check that the stack name is spelled exactly "glances" in lowercase — that small detail is repeatedly highlighted because it prevents avoidable deployment issues.
Is This Setup Worth It and What to Watch For
After these steps, you have two web-accessible tools running on your Asustor NAS through Docker stacks managed by Dockhand, one reachable at port 7191 and one at 61208. DayGlance gives you a local planner-style view that can sit alongside other self-hosted apps, while Glances focuses on monitoring and system status in a web dashboard. Both stay independent of the NAS’s base interface yet remain accessible from any browser that can reach the NAS IP.
Is it worth it? If you care about seeing what your NAS is doing and keeping important services in view, yes — once Dockhand is in place, deploying each stack is only a matter of careful copy-paste and waiting for the creation messages. The main things to watch for are Dockhand version mismatches, incorrect stack names, and skipping the step of verifying containers and ports before opening the web URLs. Take a moment after each install to confirm those details and you’ll avoid most of the hidden pain that people run into with Docker-based Asustor NAS monitoring setups.
