diff --git a/appmgr/Cargo.toml b/appmgr/Cargo.toml
index a20d1482e..83eeb47e8 100644
--- a/appmgr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/appmgr/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ digest = "0.9.0"
 divrem = "1.0.0"
 ed25519-dalek = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["serde"] }
 emver = { version = "0.1.2", features = ["serde"] }
-fd-lock-rs = "*"
+fd-lock-rs = "0.1.3"
 futures = "0.3.8"
 git-version = "0.3.4"
 http = "0.2.3"
diff --git a/appmgr/src/context/rpc.rs b/appmgr/src/context/rpc.rs
index 5c01571ff..c706ffb63 100644
--- a/appmgr/src/context/rpc.rs
+++ b/appmgr/src/context/rpc.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ pub struct RpcContextSeed {
     pub managers: ManagerMap,
     pub revision_cache_size: usize,
     pub revision_cache: RwLock<VecDeque<Arc<Revision>>>,
+    pub metrics_cache: RwLock<Option<crate::system::Metrics>>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ impl RpcContext {
             managers,
             revision_cache_size: base.revision_cache_size.unwrap_or(512),
             revision_cache: RwLock::new(VecDeque::new()),
+            metrics_cache: RwLock::new(None),
         });
         Ok(Self(seed))
     }
diff --git a/appmgr/src/error.rs b/appmgr/src/error.rs
index 4509804e6..d046bf0f3 100644
--- a/appmgr/src/error.rs
+++ b/appmgr/src/error.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ pub enum ErrorKind {
     ParseSshKey = 42,
     SoundError = 43,
     ParseTimestamp = 44,
+    ParseSysInfo = 45,
 }
 impl ErrorKind {
     pub fn as_str(&self) -> &'static str {
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ impl ErrorKind {
             ParseSshKey => "SSH Key Parsing Error",
             SoundError => "Sound Interface Error",
             ParseTimestamp => "Timestamp Parsing Error",
+            ParseSysInfo => "System Info Parsing Error",
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/appmgr/src/system.rs b/appmgr/src/system.rs
index d09652e32..21f3ea699 100644
--- a/appmgr/src/system.rs
+++ b/appmgr/src/system.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+use std::fmt;
+
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use clap::ArgMatches;
 use rpc_toolkit::command;
 use tokio::process::Command;
+use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 
 use crate::context::RpcContext;
 use crate::{Error, ErrorKind, ResultExt};
@@ -55,11 +58,455 @@ pub async fn logs(
     Ok(split_lines)
 }
 
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Celsius(f64);
+impl fmt::Display for Celsius {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{:.1}°C", self.0)
+    }
+}
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Percentage(f64);
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct MebiBytes(f64);
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct GigaBytes(f64);
+
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct MetricsGeneral {
+    temperature: Celsius,
+}
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct MetricsMemory {
+    percentage_used: Percentage,
+    total: MebiBytes,
+    available: MebiBytes,
+    used: MebiBytes,
+    swap_total: MebiBytes,
+    swap_free: MebiBytes,
+    swap_used: MebiBytes,
+}
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct MetricsCpu {
+    user_space: Percentage,
+    kernel_space: Percentage,
+    wait: Percentage,
+    idle: Percentage,
+    usage: Percentage,
+}
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct MetricsDisk {
+    size: GigaBytes,
+    used: GigaBytes,
+    available: GigaBytes,
+    used_percentage: Percentage,
+}
+#[derive(serde::Serialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct Metrics {
+    general: MetricsGeneral,
+    memory: MetricsMemory,
+    cpu: MetricsCpu,
+    disk: MetricsDisk,
+}
+
+#[command(rpc_only)]
+pub async fn metrics(#[context] ctx: RpcContext) -> Result<Metrics, Error> {
+    match ctx.metrics_cache.read().await.clone() {
+        None => Err(Error {
+            source: anyhow::anyhow!("No Metrics Found"),
+            kind: ErrorKind::NotFound,
+            revision: None,
+        }),
+        Some(metrics_val) => Ok(metrics_val),
+    }
+}
+
+pub async fn launch_metrics_task(cache: &RwLock<Option<Metrics>>) {
+    // fetch init temp
+    let init_temp;
+    loop {
+        match get_temp().await {
+            Ok(a) => {
+                init_temp = a;
+                break;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::error!("Could not get initial temperature: {}", e);
+            }
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+    }
+    // fetch init cpu
+    let init_cpu;
+    let proc_stat;
+    loop {
+        match get_proc_stat().await {
+            Ok(mut ps) => match get_cpu_info(&mut ps).await {
+                Ok(mc) => {
+                    proc_stat = ps;
+                    init_cpu = mc;
+                    break;
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    log::error!("Could not get initial cpu info: {}", e);
+                }
+            },
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::error!("Could not get initial proc stat: {}", e);
+            }
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+    }
+    // fetch init memory
+    let init_mem;
+    loop {
+        match get_mem_info().await {
+            Ok(a) => {
+                init_mem = a;
+                break;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::error!("Could not get initial mem info: {}", e);
+            }
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+    }
+    // fetch init disk usage
+    let init_disk;
+    loop {
+        match get_disk_info().await {
+            Ok(a) => {
+                init_disk = a;
+                break;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::error!("Could not get initial disk info: {}", e);
+            }
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+    }
+    {
+        // lock for writing
+        let mut guard = cache.write().await;
+        // write
+        *guard = Some(Metrics {
+            general: MetricsGeneral {
+                temperature: init_temp,
+            },
+            memory: init_mem,
+            cpu: init_cpu,
+            disk: init_disk,
+        })
+    }
+    // launch persistent temp task
+    let temp_task = launch_temp_task(cache);
+    // launch persistent cpu task
+    let cpu_task = launch_cpu_task(cache, proc_stat);
+    // launch persistent mem task
+    let mem_task = launch_mem_task(cache);
+    // launch persistent disk task
+    let disk_task = launch_disk_task(cache);
+    tokio::join!(temp_task, cpu_task, mem_task, disk_task,);
+}
+
+async fn launch_temp_task(cache: &RwLock<Option<Metrics>>) {
+    loop {
+        match get_temp().await {
+            Ok(a) => {
+                let mut lock = cache.write().await;
+                (*lock).as_mut().unwrap().general.temperature = a
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::error!("Could not get new temperature: {}", e);
+            }
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(4)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+async fn launch_cpu_task(cache: &RwLock<Option<Metrics>>, mut init: ProcStat) {
+    loop {
+        // read /proc/stat, diff against previous metrics, compute cpu load
+        match get_cpu_info(&mut init).await {
+            Ok(info) => {
+                let mut lock = cache.write().await;
+                (*lock).as_mut().unwrap().cpu = info;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::error!("Could not get new CPU Metrics: {}", e);
+            }
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(4)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+async fn launch_mem_task(cache: &RwLock<Option<Metrics>>) {
+    loop {
+        // read /proc/meminfo
+        match get_mem_info().await {
+            Ok(a) => {
+                let mut lock = cache.write().await;
+                (*lock).as_mut().unwrap().memory = a;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::error!("Could not get new Memory Metrics: {}", e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(4)).await;
+    }
+}
+async fn launch_disk_task(cache: &RwLock<Option<Metrics>>) {
+    loop {
+        // run df and capture output
+        match get_disk_info().await {
+            Ok(a) => {
+                let mut lock = cache.write().await;
+                (*lock).as_mut().unwrap().disk = a;
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                log::error!("Could not get new Disk Metrics: {}", e);
+            }
+        }
+        tokio::time::sleep(tokio::time::Duration::from_secs(60)).await;
+    }
+}
+
+async fn get_temp() -> Result<Celsius, Error> {
+    let milli = tokio::fs::read_to_string("/sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp")
+        .await?
+        .trim()
+        .parse::<f64>()?;
+    Ok(Celsius(milli / 1000.0))
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ProcStat {
+    user: u64,
+    nice: u64,
+    system: u64,
+    idle: u64,
+    iowait: u64,
+    irq: u64,
+    softirq: u64,
+    // below are only applicable to virtualized environments
+    // steal: u64,
+    // guest: u64,
+    // guest_nice: u64,
+}
+impl ProcStat {
+    fn total(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.user + self.nice + self.system + self.idle + self.iowait + self.irq + self.softirq
+    }
+    fn user(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.user + self.nice
+    }
+    fn system(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.system + self.irq + self.softirq
+    }
+    fn used(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.user() + self.system()
+    }
+}
+
+async fn get_proc_stat() -> Result<ProcStat, Error> {
+    use tokio::io::AsyncBufReadExt;
+    let mut cpu_line = String::new();
+    let _n = tokio::io::BufReader::new(tokio::fs::File::open("/proc/stat").await?)
+        .read_line(&mut cpu_line)
+        .await?;
+    let stats: Vec<u64> = cpu_line
+        .split_whitespace()
+        .skip(1)
+        .map(|s| {
+            s.parse::<u64>().map_err(|e| {
+                Error::new(
+                    anyhow::anyhow!("Invalid /proc/stat column value: {}", e),
+                    ErrorKind::ParseSysInfo,
+                )
+            })
+        })
+        .collect::<Result<Vec<u64>, Error>>()?;
+
+    if stats.len() < 10 {
+        Err(Error {
+            source: anyhow::anyhow!(
+                "Columns missing from /proc/stat. Need 10, found {}",
+                stats.len()
+            ),
+            kind: ErrorKind::ParseSysInfo,
+            revision: None,
+        })
+    } else {
+        Ok(ProcStat {
+            user: stats[0],
+            nice: stats[1],
+            system: stats[2],
+            idle: stats[3],
+            iowait: stats[4],
+            irq: stats[5],
+            softirq: stats[6],
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+async fn get_cpu_info(last: &mut ProcStat) -> Result<MetricsCpu, Error> {
+    let new = get_proc_stat().await?;
+    let total_old = last.total();
+    let total_new = new.total();
+    let total_diff = total_new - total_old;
+    let res = MetricsCpu {
+        user_space: Percentage((new.user() - last.user()) as f64 / total_diff as f64),
+        kernel_space: Percentage((new.system() - last.system()) as f64 / total_diff as f64),
+        idle: Percentage((new.idle - last.idle) as f64 / total_diff as f64),
+        wait: Percentage((new.iowait - last.iowait) as f64 / total_diff as f64),
+        usage: Percentage((new.used() - last.used()) as f64 / total_diff as f64),
+    };
+    *last = new;
+    Ok(res)
+}
+
+pub struct MemInfo {
+    mem_total: Option<u64>,
+    mem_free: Option<u64>,
+    mem_available: Option<u64>,
+    buffers: Option<u64>,
+    cached: Option<u64>,
+    slab: Option<u64>,
+    swap_total: Option<u64>,
+    swap_free: Option<u64>,
+}
+async fn get_mem_info() -> Result<MetricsMemory, Error> {
+    let contents = tokio::fs::read_to_string("/proc/meminfo").await?;
+    let mut mem_info = MemInfo {
+        mem_total: None,
+        mem_free: None,
+        mem_available: None,
+        buffers: None,
+        cached: None,
+        slab: None,
+        swap_total: None,
+        swap_free: None,
+    };
+    fn get_num_kb(l: &str) -> Result<u64, Error> {
+        let e = Error::new(
+            anyhow::anyhow!("Invalid meminfo line: {}", l),
+            ErrorKind::ParseSysInfo,
+        );
+        match l.split_whitespace().skip(1).next() {
+            Some(x) => match x.parse() {
+                Ok(y) => Ok(y),
+                Err(_) => Err(e),
+            },
+            None => Err(e),
+        }
+    }
+    for entry in contents.lines() {
+        match entry {
+            _ if entry.starts_with("MemTotal") => mem_info.mem_total = Some(get_num_kb(entry)?),
+            _ if entry.starts_with("MemFree") => mem_info.mem_free = Some(get_num_kb(entry)?),
+            _ if entry.starts_with("MemAvailable") => {
+                mem_info.mem_available = Some(get_num_kb(entry)?)
+            }
+            _ if entry.starts_with("Buffers") => mem_info.buffers = Some(get_num_kb(entry)?),
+            _ if entry.starts_with("Cached") => mem_info.cached = Some(get_num_kb(entry)?),
+            _ if entry.starts_with("Slab") => mem_info.slab = Some(get_num_kb(entry)?),
+            _ if entry.starts_with("SwapTotal") => mem_info.swap_total = Some(get_num_kb(entry)?),
+            _ if entry.starts_with("SwapFree") => mem_info.swap_free = Some(get_num_kb(entry)?),
+            _ => (),
+        }
+    }
+    fn ensure_present(a: Option<u64>, field: &str) -> Result<u64, Error> {
+        a.ok_or(Error::new(
+            anyhow::anyhow!("{} missing from /proc/meminfo", field),
+            ErrorKind::ParseSysInfo,
+        ))
+    }
+    let mem_total = ensure_present(mem_info.mem_total, "MemTotal")?;
+    let mem_free = ensure_present(mem_info.mem_free, "MemFree")?;
+    let mem_available = ensure_present(mem_info.mem_available, "MemAvailable")?;
+    let buffers = ensure_present(mem_info.buffers, "Buffers")?;
+    let cached = ensure_present(mem_info.cached, "Cached")?;
+    let slab = ensure_present(mem_info.slab, "Slab")?;
+    let swap_total_k = ensure_present(mem_info.swap_total, "SwapTotal")?;
+    let swap_free_k = ensure_present(mem_info.swap_free, "SwapFree")?;
+
+    let total = MebiBytes(mem_total as f64 / 1024.0);
+    let available = MebiBytes(mem_available as f64 / 1024.0);
+    let used = MebiBytes((mem_total - mem_free - buffers - cached - slab) as f64 / 1024.0);
+    let swap_total = MebiBytes(swap_total_k as f64 / 1024.0);
+    let swap_free = MebiBytes(swap_free_k as f64 / 1024.0);
+    let swap_used = MebiBytes((swap_total_k - swap_free_k) as f64 / 1024.0);
+    let percentage_used = Percentage(used.0 / total.0 * 100.0);
+    Ok(MetricsMemory {
+        percentage_used,
+        total,
+        available,
+        used,
+        swap_total,
+        swap_free,
+        swap_used,
+    })
+}
+
+async fn get_disk_info() -> Result<MetricsDisk, Error> {
+    tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+        let fs_res = nix::sys::statfs::statfs("/").map_err(|e| {
+            Error::new(
+                anyhow::anyhow!("statfs panicked: {}", e),
+                ErrorKind::ParseSysInfo,
+            )
+        })?;
+        let block_size = fs_res.block_size() as u64;
+        let blocks = fs_res.blocks();
+        let blocks_available = fs_res.blocks_available();
+        fn to_gigs(n: u64) -> GigaBytes {
+            GigaBytes(n as f64 / (1u64 << 30) as f64)
+        }
+        let size = to_gigs(blocks * block_size);
+        let used = to_gigs(block_size * (blocks - blocks_available));
+        let available = to_gigs(block_size * blocks_available);
+        let used_percentage = Percentage(used.0 / size.0 * 100.0);
+        Ok(MetricsDisk {
+            size,
+            used,
+            available,
+            used_percentage,
+        })
+    })
+    .await
+    .map_err(|e| Error {
+        source: anyhow::anyhow!("statfs panicked: {}", e),
+        kind: ErrorKind::ParseSysInfo,
+        revision: None,
+    })?
+}
+
 #[test]
-pub fn test_output() {
+pub fn test_datetime_output() {
     println!(
         "{} {} UTC",
         Utc::now().date().naive_utc(),
         Utc::now().time().format("%H:%M:%S")
     )
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+pub async fn test_get_temp() {
+    println!("{}", get_temp().await.unwrap())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+pub async fn test_get_proc_stat() {
+    println!("{:?}", get_proc_stat().await.unwrap())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+pub async fn test_get_mem_info() {
+    println!("{:?}", get_mem_info().await.unwrap())
+}
+
+#[tokio::test]
+pub async fn test_get_disk_usage() {
+    println!("{:?}", get_disk_info().await.unwrap())
+}