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How to Monitor a VPC Network

Updated on November 27, 2024

Monitoring a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) network enables the management and verification of the network information. You can view attached instances and subnet information by monitoring a VPC network.

Follow this guide to monitor VPC networks using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, or CLI.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI

  1. Navigate to Products, expand the Network drop-down and select VPC Networks from the list of options.

    Access VPC

  2. Select your target VPC network to open its management page.

    Manage a VPC Network

  3. Click Add Routes to create new static routes in your network, or click Edit Routes to modify the existing route information.

    Add Routes a VPC Network

  1. Send a GET request to the List VPCs endpoint to view all VPC networks in your Vultr account and note the target VPC network ID.

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

  2. Send a GET request to the Get a VPC endpoint to view information about the target VPC network.

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

  1. List all VPC networks in your Vultr account and note the target VPC network's ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli vpc list

  2. Get information about the VPC network.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli vpc get <vpc-id>