---
title: Monitor
url: https://docs.vultr.com/products/compute/instances/vx1-cloud-compute/management/monitor
description: Monitor your Vultr VX1™ Cloud Compute instance using the Vultr Console or API to track performance, bandwidth, and real-time resource utilization.
publish_date: 2025-11-19T14:39:02.229374Z
last_updated: 2026-05-26T18:52:31.276343Z
---

# How to Monitor a Vultr VX1 Cloud Compute Instance

Monitoring a VX1™ Cloud Compute instance helps you track its performance, health, and resource utilization. It provides detailed insights into metrics such as vCPU usage, disk operations, and bandwidth consumption, allowing you to analyze trends and optimize your instance’s performance.

Follow this guide to monitor a Vultr VX1™ Cloud Compute instance using the Vultr Console or API.

=== "Vultr Console"

    1. Navigate to **Products** and click **Compute**.
    1. Click your target Vultr VX1™ Cloud Compute instance to open its management page.
    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 `GET` request to the [**Instance Bandwidth** endpoint](https://www.vultr.com/api/#tag/instances/operation/get-instance-bandwidth) to fetch the instance's bandwidth usage statistics.

        ```console
        $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/instances/6616e66d-38a0-4a55-8283-1f9d85ea5467/bandwidth" \
          -X GET \
          -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"
        ```