Learn how to access and interpret performance metrics for your Vultr Bare Metal instance to track resource usage and system activity.
Monitoring an instance provides information about performance and usage statistics. This enables you to keep track of your instance activity and usage ratio depending on the running services.
Follow this guide to monitor a Vultr Bare Metal instance using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, or CLI.
Send a GET
request to the List Bare Metal Instances endpoint and note the target instance's ID.
$ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/bare-metals" \
-X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"
Send a POST
request to the Bare Metal Bandwidth endpoint to monitor the target instance's bandwidth usage statistics.
$ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/bare-metals/{baremetal-id}/bandwidth" \
-X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"
List all instances in your Vultr account and note the target instance's ID.
$ vultr-cli bare-metal list
Monitor the instance's bandwidth usage statistics.
$ vultr-cli bare-metal bandwidth <instance-id>