Metrics

Learn about container metrics on Aptible

Overview

Aptible provides key metrics for your app and database containers, such as memory, CPU, and disk usage, and provides them in two forms:

• In-app metrics: Metric visualizations within the Aptible Dashboard, enabling real-time monitoring
• Metric Drains: Send to a destination of your choice for monitoring, alerting, and long-term retention

Aptible provides in-app metrics conveniently within the Aptible Dashboard. This feature offers real-time monitoring with visualizations for quick insights.

The following metrics are available within the Aptible Dashboard

• Apps/Services:
  • Memory Usage
  • CPU Usage
  • Load Average
• Databases:
  • Memory Usage
  • CPU Usage
  • Load Average
  • Disk IO
  • Disk Usage

Accessing in-app metrics

Metrics can be accessed within the Aptible Dashboard by:

• Selecting the respective app or database
• Selecting the Metrics tab

Metric Drains

Metric Drains provide a powerful option for routing your metrics data to a destination of your choice for comprehensive monitoring, alerting, and long-term data retention. There are two types of metric drains:

• InfluxDB Metric Drain: Send metrics to an Aptible-managed InfluxDB database, or one hosted elsewhere
• Datadog Metric Drain: Send your metrics to Datadog for monitoring