---
title: Monitor
url: https://docs.vultr.com/products/compute/instances/optimized-cloud-compute/management/monitor-instance
description: Learn how to monitor your Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute instances performance metrics including CPU usage, disk operations, and bandwidth statistics.
publish_date: 2024-09-23T20:19:36.327439Z
last_updated: 2026-05-26T18:45:13.479812Z
---

# How to Monitor a Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute Instance

Monitoring an instance provides information about its performance and usage statistics. This enables you to track the instance's activity, health, and resource usage. You can monitor the vCPU usage, disk operations and bandwidth statistics on a Vultr Cloud Compute instance.

Follow this guide to monitor a Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute instance using the Vultr Console, API, or CLI.

=== "Vultr Console"

    1. Navigate to **Products** and click **Compute**.
    1. Click your target Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute instance to open its management page.
    1. View the instance usage summary within the **Overview** section.
    1. Navigate to the **Usage Graphs** tab to monitor the instance's usage statistics.
    1. Monitor the instance's **bandwidth usage statistics** within the **Monthly Bandwidth** section.
    1. Monitor the instance's **performance statistics** within the **Server Monitors** section.
    1. Click the **Range** drop-down to select a specific timeframe and view the monitoring information in the following categories:
        * **vCPU Usage**: Displays the vCPU usage statistics.
        * **Disk Operations**: Displays the read and write operations per second on the primary storage disk.
        * **Network**: Displays the instance's networking statistics in bytes.

=== "Vultr API"

    1. Send a `GET` request to the [**List Instances** endpoint](https://www.vultr.com/api/#tag/instances/operation/list-instances) and note your target instance's ID.

        ```console
        $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/instances" \
          -X GET \
          -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"
        ```

    1. Send a `POST` request to the [**Instance Bandwidth** endpoint](https://www.vultr.com/api/#tag/instances/operation/get-instance-bandwidth) to monitor the instance's bandwidth usage statistics.

        ```console
        $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/instances/{instance-id}/bandwidth" \
          -X GET \
          -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"
        ```

=== "Vultr CLI"

    1. List all available instances and note your target instance's ID.

        ```console
        $ vultr-cli instance list
        ```

    1. Monitor the instance's bandwidth usage statistics.

        ```console
        $ vultr-cli instance bandwidth <instance-id>
        ```