Container Monitoring is an essential part of maintaining the health and performance of your application containers. Here is an overview of the key concepts and tools used in container monitoring.
Key Concepts
- Container Metrics: These are the statistics that can be collected from a container, such as CPU usage, memory usage, network I/O, and disk I/O.
- Container Logs: These are the logs generated by the container, which can provide insights into the container's state and any errors it may be encountering.
- Container Health Checks: These are checks that can be performed on a container to determine if it is running correctly and meeting its expected performance criteria.
Tools for Monitoring Containers
- Prometheus: An open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit designed to be efficient and easy to use.
- Grafana: An open-source analytics and interactive visualization web application.
- Docker Stats: Built-in Docker command that provides statistics about running containers.
More Information
For more detailed information on container monitoring, you can visit our container monitoring guide.
Monitoring a container