Instance Cloud Monitor¶
Cloud Monitor provides metrics and logging on both bare metal and virtual machine (VM) compute instances.
Note
You must have a compute instance running to show Cloud Monitor. For help, see Get Started.
Prerequisites¶
Choose an instance type for Cloud Monitor:
Bare Metal Cloud Monitor¶
Cloud Monitor for bare metal instances offers a single dashboard for visualizing metrics such as CPU usage, memory usage, disk utilization, and more. Navigate to the metric you wish to monitor.
CPU Usage¶
This chart shows CPU utilization in % for bare metal instances. Use it to understand whether overall CPU usage is high or if there are overload scenarios during a specific time.
CPU utilization includes:
User: Time spent executing user-space processes.
System: Time spent executing kernel-space processes.
I/O Wait: Time spent waiting for I/O operations.
Steal: Time stolen by the hypervisor (in virtualized environments).
Nice: CPU time used by low-priority processes.
Memory Usage¶
This chart shows Memory utilization in % for bare metal instances. Use it to understand how much memory (RAM) a bare metal instance uses over time.
Network Usage Received¶
This chart shows network utilization in Mb/second that are received per network cards. Network metrics measure the overall network traffic for both inbound and outbound data.
Network Usage Transmit¶
This chart shows network utilization in Mb/second that are transmitted per network cards. Network metrics measure the overall network traffic for both inbound and outbound data.
IO Traffic¶
IO Traffic is the amount of data read from and written to disk over a period of time, measured in KiloBytes per second (KBps). High IO traffic can indicate heavy usage, which may lead to bottlenecks or performance issues if not managed properly.
Key metrics:
Read IO Traffic: The amount of data read from disk, measured in KiloBytes per second (KBps).
Write IO Traffic: The amount of data written to disk, measured in KiloBytes per second (KBps).
Disk Utilization¶
The Disk utilization chart shows Filesystem Usage per Mount Point in percentage for a bare metal instance.
Virtual Machine Cloud Monitor¶
Following are the Cloud Monitor metrics for virtual machine (VM) instances. Navigate to the metric you wish to monitor.
CPU Usage VM¶
This chart shows CPU utilization in % for virtual machine instances. Use it to understand whether overall CPU usage is high or if there are overload scenarios during a specific time.
Memory Usage VM¶
This chart shows Memory utilization in % for virtual machine instances. Use it to understand how much memory (RAM) a bare metal instance uses over time.
Network Usage VM¶
This chart shows network utilization in Mb/second that are received and transmitted. Network metrics measure the overall network traffic for both inbound and outbound data.
IO Traffic VM¶
IO Traffic is the amount of data read from and written to disk over a period of time, measured in KiloBytes per second (KBps). High IO traffic may indicate heavy usage, which may lead to bottlenecks or performance issues if not managed properly.
Key metrics:
Read IO Traffic: The amount of data read from disk, measured in KiloBytes per second (KBps).
Write IO Traffic: The amount of data written to disk, measured in KiloBytes per second (KBps).
IOPS Usage VM¶
IOPS usage shows the speed at which a storage device or network can read and write data per second (input/output operations per second).
Key IOPS for IOPS usage
Read IOPS: The number of read operations per second.
Write IOPS: The number of write operations per second.
IO Times VM¶
IO Times is the amount of time taken to complete input/output operations on a storage device, per millisecond (ms). High IO Times may indicate potential performance issues, such as disk latency or bottlenecks.
Key metrics:
Read IO Time: The amount of time it takes to complete read operations per millisecond (ms).
Write IO Time: The amount of time it takes to complete write operations per millisecond (ms).
Next Steps¶
For more help and troubleshooting, see Cloud Monitor.