> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.aptible.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # InfluxDB Metric Drain > Learn about sending Aptible logs to an InfluxDB Aptible can deliver your [Metrics](/core-concepts/observability/metrics/overview) to any InfluxDB Database (hosted on Aptible or not). There are two types of InfluxDB Metric Drains on Aptible: * Aptible-hosted: This method allows you to route metrics to an InfluxDB Database hosted on Aptible. This Database must live in the same Environment as the Metrics you are retrieving. Additionally, the [Aptible Metrics Terraform Module](https://registry.terraform.io/modules/aptible/metrics/aptible/latest) uses this method to deploy prebuilt Grafana dashboards with alerts for monitoring RAM & CPU usage for your Apps & Databases - so you can instantly start monitoring your Aptible resources. * Hosted anywhere: This method allows you to route Metrics to any InfluxDB. This might be useful if you are leveraging InfluxData's [hosted InfluxDB offering](https://www.influxdata.com/). # InfluxDB Metrics Structure Aptible InfluxDB Metric Drains publish metrics in a series named `metrics`. The following values are published (approximately every 30 seconds): * `running`: a boolean indicating whether the Container was running when this point was sampled. * `milli_cpu_usage`: the Container's average CPU usage (in milli CPUs) over the reporting period. * `milli_cpu_limit`: the maximum CPU accessible to the container. * `memory_total_mb`: the Container's total memory usage. * `memory_rss_mb`: the Container's RSS memory usage. This memory is typically not reclaimable. If this exceeds the `memory_limit_mb`, the container will be restarted. * `memory_limit_mb`: the Container's [Memory Limit](/core-concepts/scaling/memory-limits). * `disk_read_kbps`: the Container's average disk read bandwidth over the reporting period. * `disk_write_kbps`: the Container's average disk write bandwidth over the reporting period. * `disk_read_iops`: the Container's average disk read IOPS over the reporting period. * `disk_write_iops`: the Container's average disk write IOPS over the reporting period. * `disk_usage_mb`: the Database's Disk usage (Database metrics only). * `disk_limit_mb`: the Database's Disk size (Database metrics only). * `pids_current`: the current number of tasks in the Container (see [Other Limits](/core-concepts/security-compliance/ddos-pid-limits)). * `pids_limit`: the maximum number of tasks for the Container (see [Other Limits](/core-concepts/security-compliance/ddos-pid-limits)). > 📘 Review [Understanding Memory Utilization](/core-concepts/scaling/memory-limits#understanding-memory-utilization) for more information on the meaning of the `memory_total_mb` and `memory_rss_mb` values. > 📘 Review [I/O Performance](/core-concepts/scaling/database-scaling#i-o-performance) for more information on the meaning of the `disk_read_iops` and `disk_write_iops` values. All points are enriched with the following tags: * `environment`: Environment handle * `app`: App handle (App metrics only) * `database`: Database handle (Database metrics only) * `service`: Service name * `host_name`: [Container Hostname (Short Container ID)](/core-concepts/architecture/containers/overview#container-hostname) * `container`: full Container ID # Getting Started You can set up an InfluxDB Metric Drain in the following ways: * (Aptible-hosted only) Using [Aptible Metrics Terraform Module](https://registry.terraform.io/modules/aptible/metrics/aptible/latest). This provision an Influx Metric Drain with pre-built Grafana dashboards and alerts for monitoring RAM & CPU usage for your Apps & Databases. This simplifies the setup of Metric Drains so you can start monitoring your Aptible resources immediately, all hosted within your Aptible account. * Within the Aptible Dashboard by navigating to the respective Environment > selecting the "Metrics Drain" tab > selecting "Create Metric Drain" > selecting "InfluxDB (This Environment)" or "InfluxDB (Anywhere)" * Using the [`aptible metric_drain:create:influxdb`](/reference/aptible-cli/cli-commands/cli-metric-drain-create-influxdb) command The best approach to accessing metrics from InfluxDB is to deploy [Grafana](https://grafana.com). Grafana is easy to deploy on Aptible. * **Recommended:** [Using Aptible Metrics Terraform Module](https://registry.terraform.io/modules/aptible/metrics/aptible/latest). This provisions Metric Drains with pre-built Grafana dashboards and alerts for monitoring RAM & CPU usage for your Apps & Databases. This simplifies the setup of Metric Drains so you can start monitoring your Aptible resources immediately, all hosted within your Aptible account. * You can also follow this tutorial [Deploying Grafana on Aptible](https://www.aptible.com/docs/deploying-grafana-on-deploy), which includes suggested queries to set up within Grafana.