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How to Monitor Vultr Managed Databases for MySQL

Updated on November 27, 2024

Monitoring Vultr Managed Databases for MySQL allows you to view the monthly charges, vCPU, memory, disk, and network usage. Checking your managed database stats provides insight that can help you scale your database, detect performance issues, establish robust backup schedules, and more.

Follow this guide to monitor Vultr Managed Databases for MySQL using Vultr Customer Portal, API, and CLI.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI

  1. Navigate to Products and select Databases.

  2. Click the target database instance.

    Select Managed Database

  3. View the database instance summary by clicking Overview.

    Database Instance Summary

  4. Click Usage Graphs to view vCPU usage.

    View the vCPU Usage

  5. View the Disk Operations and Network.

    Disk Operations and Network

  1. List all the database instances by sending a GET request to the List Managed Databases endpoint and note the database ID. For example, 43b4c774-5dff-4ac0-a01f-78a23c2205b5.

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

  2. Send a GET request to the Get Database Usage Information endpoint and specify the database ID to retrieve the database instance usage information. The information includes disk, memory, and vCPU usage.

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

    Visit the Get Database Usage Information endpoint to view additional attributes to add to your request.

  1. List all database instances and note the database ID. For instance, d6ac2a3c-92ea-43ef-8185-71a23e58ad8c.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli database list --summarize

  2. List the database usage information by specifying a database ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli database usage get database_id

    Run vultr-cli database usage --help to view all options.