Filesystem Alias not working on MacOS

[sfatula]

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Describe the bug
A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. glances -C myconfigfile
2. Issue becomes apparent

Expected behavior
I expected to see my alias names under "FILE SYS" section on the left hand side

Screenshots
I added a screenshot of what I see, which is no aliases except the "Internal" i.e. root filesystem

Environment (please complete the following information)

• Operating System: MacOS 26.1 Tahoe
• Glances & psutil versions: 4.4.1 and 7.1.3
• How do you install Glances: brew install glances
• Glances test:
  =============================================================================== Glances 4.4.1 (/opt/homebrew/Cellar/glances/4.4.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.14/site-packages/glances/__init__.py) Python 3.14.1 (/opt/homebrew/Cellar/glances/4.4.1_1/libexec/bin/python) PsUtil 7.1.3 (/opt/homebrew/Cellar/glances/4.4.1_1/libexec/lib/python3.14/site-packages/psutil/__init__.py) =============================================================================== alert [OK] 0.00012s [] amps [OK] 0.00044s key=name [{'count': 0, 'countmax': None, 'countmin': 1.0, 'key': 'name', 'name': 'Dropbox', 'refresh': 3.0, 'regex': True, 'result': None, 'timer': 2.2615082263946533}, ...] cloud [NA] connections [NA] containers [OK] 0.14183s key=name [{'command': 'docker-entrypoint.sh redis-server', 'cpu_percent': 0.9266341463414633, 'created': '2025-12-06T21:21:21.20967223Z', 'engine': 'docker', 'id': '2be52a6b448de9c8252502312ab50551b7f750404c2b7a87a14d6e0cbb8d33a9', 'image': ('redis:latest',), 'io_rx': None, 'io_wx': None, 'key': 'name', 'memory_inactive_file': 14802944, 'memory_limit': 16809500672, 'memory_percent': None, 'memory_usage': 23883776, 'name': 'redis', 'network_rx': None, 'network_tx': None, 'ports': '6379/tcp', 'status': 'running', 'uptime': 'yesterday'}, ...] core [OK] 0.00010s {'log': 10, 'phys': 10} cpu [OK] 0.00031s {'cpucore': 10, 'ctx_switches': 0, 'ctx_switches_gauge': 16100, 'ctx_switches_rate_per_sec': 0, 'idle': 85.1, 'interrupts': 0, 'interrupts_gauge': 130405, 'interrupts_rate_per_sec': 0, 'nice': 0.0, 'soft_interrupts': 0, 'soft_interrupts_gauge': 12473727, 'soft_interrupts_rate_per_sec': 0, 'syscalls': 0, 'syscalls_gauge': 1098475, 'syscalls_rate_per_sec': 0, 'system': 9.5, 'time_since_update': 2.2893807888031006, 'total': 14.9, 'user': 5.4} diskio [OK] 0.00208s key=disk_name [{'disk_name': 'disk0', 'key': 'disk_name', 'read_bytes': 0, 'read_bytes_gauge': 115148705792, 'read_bytes_rate_per_sec': 0, 'read_count': 0, 'read_count_gauge': 444564, 'read_count_rate_per_sec': 0, 'read_latency': 0, 'read_time': 0, 'read_time_gauge': 220299, 'read_time_rate_per_sec': 0, 'time_since_update': 2.2922470569610596, 'write_bytes': 0, 'write_bytes_gauge': 18826522624, 'write_bytes_rate_per_sec': 0, 'write_count': 0, 'write_count_gauge': 351282, 'write_count_rate_per_sec': 0, 'write_latency': 0, 'write_time': 0, 'write_time_gauge': 26162, 'write_time_rate_per_sec': 0}, ...] folders [OK] 0.00006s [] fs [OK] 0.00096s key=mnt_point [{'device_name': '/dev/disk3s3s1', 'free': 447423762432, 'fs_type': 'apfs', 'key': 'mnt_point', 'mnt_point': '/', 'options': 'ro,local,rootfs,dovolfs,journaled,multilabel', 'percent': 2.7, 'size': 494384795648, 'used': 12183928832}, ...] gpu [OK] 0.00004s [] help [OK] 0.00001s None ip [OK] 0.00003s {} irq [NA] load [OK] 0.00005s {'cpucore': 10, 'min1': 2.396484375, 'min15': 2.2880859375, 'min5': 2.30810546875} mem [OK] 0.00011s {'active': 13327351808, 'available': 18261327872, 'free': 153829376, 'inactive': 17997414400, 'percent': 46.9, 'total': 34359738368, 'used': 16098410496, 'wired': 2136555520} memswap [OK] 0.00008s {'free': 0, 'percent': 0.0, 'sin': 15242477568, 'sout': 20709376, 'time_since_update': 2.2968971729278564, 'total': 0, 'used': 0} network [OK] 0.00387s key=interface_name [{'alias': None, 'bytes_all': 2048, 'bytes_all_gauge': 7642730496, 'bytes_all_rate_per_sec': 949.0, 'bytes_recv': 1024, 'bytes_recv_gauge': 3821365248, 'bytes_recv_rate_per_sec': 474.0, 'bytes_sent': 1024, 'bytes_sent_gauge': 3821365248, 'bytes_sent_rate_per_sec': 474.0, 'interface_name': 'lo0', 'key': 'interface_name', 'speed': 0, 'time_since_update': 2.1578691005706787}, ...] now [OK] 0.00005s {'custom': '2025-12-08 16:29:21 CST', 'iso': '2025-12-08T16:29:21-06:00'} percpu [OK] 0.00066s key=cpu_number [{'cpu_number': 0, 'dpc': None, 'guest': None, 'guest_nice': None, 'idle': 57.9, 'interrupt': None, 'iowait': None, 'irq': None, 'key': 'cpu_number', 'nice': 0.0, 'softirq': None, 'steal': None, 'system': 18.9, 'total': 42.1, 'user': 23.2}, ...] ports [OK] 0.00001s [] processcount [OK] 0.03466s {'pid_max': 0, 'running': 282, 'sleeping': 354, 'thread': 1877, 'total': 638} processlist [OK] 0.00016s [] programlist [OK] 0.00132s [] psutilversion [OK] 0.00003s '7.1.3' quicklook [OK] 0.00009s {'cpu': 14.9, 'cpu_hz': 3228000000.0, 'cpu_hz_current': 3228000000.0, 'cpu_log_core': 10, 'cpu_name': 'CPU arm', 'cpu_phys_core': 10, 'load': 22.9, 'mem': 46.9, 'percpu': [{...}, {...}, {...}, {...}, {...}, {...}, {...}, {...}, {...}, {...}], 'swap': 0.0} raid [NA] sensors [OK] 0.00000s [] smart [NA] system [OK] 0.00000s {'hostname': 'homenas.local', 'hr_name': 'Darwin 26.1 64bit', 'os_name': 'Darwin', 'os_version': '26.1', 'platform': '64bit'} uptime [OK] 0.00002s {'seconds': 99691} version [OK] 0.00001s '4.4.1' vms [NA] wifi [OK] 0.00002s [] =============================================================================== Total time to update all stats: 0.19261s ===============================================================================

Additional context
Here is what I have for fs in the glances.conf file:

disable=False
hide=/System/Volumes/VM,/System/Volumes/Preboot,/System/Volumes/Update,/System/Volumes/xarts,/System/Volumes/iSCPreboot,/System/Volumes/Hardware,/System/Volumes/Data,/System/Volumes/Data/home
careful=50
warning=70
critical=90
# Alias for root file system
alias=/:Internal,/Volumes/SSD:SSD,/Volumes/DataArray:Raid```

[nicolargo]

Hi @sfatula

cannot reproduced on my side (all aliases are taken into account in the FS plugin).

In order to double check the configuration, can you try the following command line:

glances -C youconfigfile --stdout fs

[sfatula]

I figured you wouldn't be able to, might be Mac specific.

glances -C /opt/homebrew/etc/glances.conf --stdout fs

fs: [{'device_name': '/dev/disk3s3s1', 'fs_type': 'apfs', 'mnt_point': '/', 'options': 'ro,local,rootfs,dovolfs,journaled,multilabel', 'size': 494384795648, 'used': 12183928832, 'free': 447295864832, 'percent': 2.7, 'key': 'mnt_point', 'alias': 'root'}, {'device_name': '/dev/disk11s1', 'fs_type': 'apfs', 'mnt_point': '/Volumes/DataArray', 'options': 'rw,nosuid,local,dovolfs,journaled,multilabel', 'size': 14000070787072, 'used': 2812566360064, 'free': 11186092752896, 'percent': 20.1, 'key': 'mnt_point'}, {'device_name': '/dev/disk7s1', 'fs_type': 'apfs', 'mnt_point': '/Volumes/SSD', 'options': 'rw,nosuid,local,dovolfs,journaled,multilabel', 'size': 999995129856, 'used': 284473278464, 'free': 715314696192, 'percent': 28.5, 'key': 'mnt_point'}]

Is that as expected??

[nicolargo]

Sorry i miss your respond. I try on my side with several alias and it is work as expected :(

The result of your "glances -C /opt/homebrew/etc/glances.conf --stdout fs" command is not ok, you should have an alias key for all devices.

I do not understand because the code is not Mac OS specific.

Can you try with:

alias=/Volumes/SSD:SSD

And check if the stdout is ok with this one ?

[sfatula]

I tried with only "alias=/Volumes/SSD:SSD", no alias, same as before.

[nicolargo]

@sfatula Do not understand what is going on...

Please, can you:

1. delete your glances.log file (location can be retrieve with the glances -V command line)
2. start glance in debug mode (add option -d): glances -C /opt/homebrew/etc/glances.conf --stdout fs -d
3. paste/bin the glances.log file

Thanks !

[sfatula]

Will do and report back in a few days. Out.

[sfatula]

glances-root.log