Cloud Monitoring documentation
Cloud Monitoring collects metrics, events, and metadata from Google Cloud,
Amazon Web Services (AWS), synthetic monitors, and application instrumentation.
Cloud Monitoring ingests that
data and generates insights with dashboards, charts, and alerts.
To collect metrics data from your Compute Engine instances,
create an Agent Policy that automatically installs and maintains
the Google Cloud Observability agents across your fleet of VMs.
To collect metrics from on-premises and hybrid-cloud systems and applications,
we recommend using Bindplane.
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Cloud Monitoring overview
Learn how you can you can use Cloud Monitoring to collect and view performance
characteristics of your system, how you can monitor the availability of your services,
and how you can be notified of problems with your services.
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Metrics, time series, and resources
Learn about core concepts of Cloud Monitoring's model: monitored resource types,
metric types, and time series.
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Collect Apache web server metrics with the Ops Agent
Learn how to collect and monitor metrics from an Apache web server installed on a
Compute Engine virtual machine (VM) instance by using the Ops Agent.
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Get notified if your app stops responding
Learn how to get notified if your application stops responding to HTTP requests.
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View and customize VM dashboards
Learn how to view and customize dashboards for your Compute Engine VM instances.
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Synthetic monitors
Learn how to test the availability, consistency, and performance of your services,
applications, web pages, and APIs.
Training
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User-defined metrics overview
Learn how you can create metrics that capture application-specific data or
client-side system data.
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PromQL for Cloud Monitoring
Learn how to use the Prometheus Query Language (PromQL) in Cloud Monitoring.
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SAP HANA monitoring agent user guide
By using Cloud Monitoring, you can build dashboards to
visualize your SAP HANA metrics and set up alerts based on metric.
SAP
agent
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Logging and monitoring on-premises resources with BindPlane
Describes the considerations and design patterns for using Cloud
Monitoring, Cloud Logging, and BindPlane to provide
logging and monitoring services for on-premises resources.
On-Prem
API
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Cloud Monitoring metric export
Learn how to export Cloud Monitoring metrics for long-term analysis.
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Last updated 2025-08-29 UTC.
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Training \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure\n\n\nThis one-day course uses lectures, demos, and hands-on labs to give you an overview of\nGoogle Cloud products and services so that you can learn the value of Google Cloud\nand how to incorporate cloud-based solutions into your business strategies.\n\n\n[Learn more](https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/courses/1129) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Cloud Monitoring overview\n\n\nLearn how you can you can use Cloud Monitoring to collect and view performance\ncharacteristics of your system, how you can monitor the availability of your services,\nand how you can be notified of problems with your services.\n\n\n[Learn more](/monitoring/docs/monitoring-overview) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Metrics, time series, and resources\n\n\nLearn about core concepts of Cloud Monitoring's model: monitored resource types,\nmetric types, and time series.\n\n\n[Learn more](/monitoring/api/v3/metrics) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Collect Apache web server metrics with the Ops Agent\n\n\nLearn how to collect and monitor metrics from an Apache web server installed on a\nCompute Engine virtual machine (VM) instance by using the Ops Agent.\n\n\n[Learn more](/monitoring/monitor-compute-engine-virtual-machine) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Get notified if your app stops responding\n\n\nLearn how to get notified if your application stops responding to HTTP requests.\n\n\n[Learn more](/monitoring/monitoring-uptime) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### View and customize VM dashboards\n\n\nLearn how to view and customize dashboards for your Compute Engine VM instances.\n\n\n[Learn more](/monitoring/monitor-compute-engine-dashboards) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### Synthetic monitors\n\n\nLearn how to test the availability, consistency, and performance of your services,\napplications, web pages, and APIs.\n\n\n[Learn more](/monitoring/uptime-checks/introduction) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### User-defined metrics overview\n\n\nLearn how you can create metrics that capture application-specific data or\nclient-side system data.\n\n\n[Learn more](/monitoring/custom-metrics) \nTraining \nTraining and tutorials\n\n### PromQL for Cloud Monitoring\n\n\nLearn how to use the Prometheus Query Language (PromQL) in Cloud Monitoring.\n\n\n[Learn more](/monitoring/promql) \nUse case \nUse cases\n\n### SAP HANA monitoring agent user guide\n\n\nBy using Cloud Monitoring, you can build dashboards to\nvisualize your SAP HANA metrics and set up alerts based on metric.\n\nSAP agent\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n[Learn more](/solutions/partners/sap/sap-hana-monitoring-agent-user-guide) \nUse case \nUse cases\n\n### Logging and monitoring on-premises resources with BindPlane\n\n\nDescribes the considerations and design patterns for using Cloud\nMonitoring, Cloud Logging, and BindPlane to provide\nlogging and monitoring services for on-premises resources.\n\nOn-Prem API\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n[Learn more](/architecture/logging-and-monitoring-on-premises-resources-with-bindplane) \nUse case \nUse cases\n\n### Cloud Monitoring metric export\n\n\nLearn how to export Cloud Monitoring metrics for long-term analysis.\n\n\n[Learn more](/solutions/stackdriver-monitoring-metric-export)\n\nRelated videos\n--------------"]]
