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Metric Drains
Metric Drains let you route metrics for Apps and Databases to the destination of your choice.
Use Cases
Metrics Drains are typically useful to:
- Persist metrics for the long term
- Alert when metrics cross thresholds of your choice
- Troubleshoot performance problems
Types of Metric Drains
Managing Metric Drains
Creating Metric Drains
A Metric Drain can be provisioned in three ways on Aptible:
- Within the Aptible Dashboard by navigating to an Environment > selecting the "Metric Drains" tab > selecting "Create Metric Drain"
- Using the respective
aptible:metric_drain:create
command, such as: - Using the Aptible Terraform Provider
Restarting Metric Drains
A Metric Drain can be restarted within the Aptible Dashboard by navigating to an Environment > selecting the "Metric Drains" tab > selecting "Restart"
Deprovisioning Metric Drains
A Metric Drain can be provisioned in three ways on Aptible:
- Within the Aptible Dashboard by navigating to an Environment > selecting the "Metric Drains" tab > selecting "Delete"
- Using the
aptible metric_drain:deprovision
command - Using the Aptible Terraform Provider
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