load is shown from Host System when inside lxc container

[jonashrem]

Describe the bug
When I use glances inside an lxcv container I get the load shown from the host system not the container

To Reproduce
Create a new LXC Container ( I tested it with Ubuntu 24 on Ubuntu 22 )
Create some load on the hostsystem
start glances inside the container

Expected behavior
glances shows the load of the container.

Screenshots

Environement (please complete the following information)

• Operating System (lsb_release -a or OS name/version): Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
• Glances & psutil versions: Glances v3.4.0.3 with PsUtil v5.9.8. Also tested with 4.4.1 / 7.1.3
• How do you install Glances (Pypi package, script, package manager, source): Ubuntu Sources and Pip
• Glances test:

glances --issue
===============================================================================
Glances 3.4.0.3 (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/glances/__init__.py)
Python 3.12.3 (/usr/bin/python3)
PsUtil 5.9.8 (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/psutil/__init__.py)
===============================================================================
alert         [OK]    0.00001s 
[[1764092914.0, -1, 'CRITICAL', 'LOAD', 15.185302734375, 15.185302734375, 15.185302734375, 15.185302734375, 1, [], '',
  'cpu_percent']]
amps          [OK]    0.00011s key=name 
[{'count': 0,
  'countmax': None,
  'countmin': 1.0,
  'key': 'name',
  'name': 'Dropbox',
  'refresh': 3.0,
  'regex': True,
  'result': None,
  'timer': 2.3227193355560303}, ...]
cloud         [NA]
connections   [NA]
containers    [OK]    0.00004s 
[]
core          [OK]    0.00786s 
{'log': 2, 'phys': 24}
cpu           [OK]    0.00110s 
{'cpucore': 2,
 'ctx_switches': 345767,
 'guest': 0.0,
 'guest_nice': 0.0,
 'idle': 91.9,
 'interrupts': 104441,
 'iowait': 0.7,
 'irq': 0.0,
 'nice': 0.0,
 'soft_interrupts': 98666,
 'softirq': 0.5,
 'steal': 0.0,
 'syscalls': 0,
 'system': 2.6,
 'time_since_update': 2.1469404697418213,
 'total': 42.6,
 'user': 4.3}
diskio        [OK]    0.00110s key=disk_name 
[{'disk_name': 'nvme0c0n1',
  'key': 'disk_name',
  'read_bytes': 1003520,
  'read_count': 28,
  'time_since_update': 2.147240161895752,
  'write_bytes': 132362240,
  'write_count': 8867}, ...]
folders       [OK]    0.00002s 
[]
fs            [OK]    0.00042s key=mnt_point 
[{'device_name': '/dev/nvme0n1p3',
  'free': 21635682304,
  'fs_type': 'xfs',
  'key': 'mnt_point',
  'mnt_point': '/',
  'percent': 19.4,
  'size': 26843545600,
  'used': 5207863296}, ...]
gpu           [OK]    0.00002s 
[]
help          [OK]    0.00000s 
None
ip            [NA]
irq           [NA]
load          [OK]    0.00003s 
{'cpucore': 2, 'min1': 27.36376953125, 'min15': 30.37060546875, 'min5': 27.5986328125}
mem           [OK]    0.00158s 
{'active': 718299136,
 'available': 3703341056,
 'buffers': 0,
 'cached': 1713631232,
 'free': 3703341056,
 'inactive': 1430118400,
 'percent': 13.8,
 'shared': 17674240,
 'total': 4294967296,
 'used': 591626240}
memswap       [OK]    0.00060s 
{'free': 0,
 'percent': 0.0,
 'sin': 44657680384,
 'sout': 140149571584,
 'time_since_update': 2.147268533706665,
 'total': 0,
 'used': 0}
network       [OK]    0.00023s key=interface_name 
[{'alias': None,
  'cumulative_cx': 928874962,
  'cumulative_rx': 464437481,
  'cumulative_tx': 464437481,
  'cx': 0,
  'interface_name': 'lo',
  'is_up': True,
  'key': 'interface_name',
  'rx': 0,
  'speed': 0,
  'time_since_update': 2.0144553184509277,
  'tx': 0}, ...]
now           [OK]    0.00001s 
'2025-11-25 18:48:36 CET'
percpu        [OK]    0.00003s key=cpu_number 
[{'cpu_number': 0,
  'guest': 0.0,
  'guest_nice': 0.0,
  'idle': 6.0,
  'iowait': 0.0,
  'irq': 0.0,
  'key': 'cpu_number',
  'nice': 0.0,
  'softirq': 0.0,
  'steal': 0.0,
  'system': 2.0,
  'total': 94.0,
  'user': 14.0}, ...]
ports         [OK]    0.00001s 
[{'description': 'DefaultGateway',
  'host': '169.254.0.1',
  'indice': 'port_0',
  'port': 0,
  'refresh': 30,
  'rtt_warning': None,
  'status': 0.004982,
  'timeout': 3}]
processcount  [OK]    0.01444s 
{'pid_max': 0, 'running': 1, 'sleeping': 51, 'thread': 298, 'total': 52}
processlist   [OK]    0.00006s key=pid 
[{'cmdline': ['/root/glances/bin/python3', './bin/glances'],
  'cpu_percent': 1.4,
  'cpu_times': pcputimes(user=268.04, system=150.73, children_user=35.97, children_system=75.27, iowait=0.0),
  'gids': pgids(real=0, effective=0, saved=0),
  'io_counters': [81920, 12288, 81920, 12288, 1],
  'key': 'pid',
  'memory_info': pmem(rss=47030272, vms=357203968, shared=13811712, text=3026944, lib=0, data=68083712, dirty=0),
  'memory_percent': 1.0950088500976562,
  'name': 'glances',
  'nice': 0,
  'num_threads': 1,
  'pid': 2931370,
  'status': 'S',
  'time_since_update': 2.14670467376709,
  'username': 'root'}, ...]
psutilversion [OK]    0.00002s 
(5, 9, 8)
quicklook     [OK]    0.00164s 
{'cpu': 42.6,
 'cpu_hz': 4000000000.0,
 'cpu_hz_current': 3600330250.0000005,
 'cpu_name': 'Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6248R CPU @ 3.00GHz',
 'mem': 13.8,
 'percpu': [{...}, {...}],
 'swap': 0.0}
raid          [NA]
sensors       [OK]    0.00001s key=label 
[{'critical': 86,
  'key': 'label',
  'label': 'Composite',
  'type': 'temperature_core',
  'unit': 'C',
  'value': 32,
  'warning': 79}, ...]
smart         [NA]
system        [OK]    0.00001s 
{'hostname': 'app-b-de.c-421.maxcluster.net',
 'hr_name': 'Ubuntu 24.04 64bit',
 'linux_distro': 'Ubuntu 24.04',
 'os_name': 'Linux',
 'os_version': '5.15.0-153-generic',
 'platform': '64bit'}
uptime        [OK]    0.00048s 
{'seconds': 6576881}
wifi          [NA]
===============================================================================
Total time to update all stats: 0.03212s
===============================================================================

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You can also pastebin:

• the Glances configuration file (https://glances.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html#location)
• the Glances log file (https://glances.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html#logging)

[nicolargo]

Hi @jonashrem

it's not a bug, it's a feature. Glances docker image aims at monitoring the host, not the container.
Docker monitoring should be done with the Glances container plugin.