Getting Started with Monitoring

Last verified 22 Jun 2026

DigitalOcean Monitoring is a free, opt-in service that helps you track Droplet resource usage, view performance metrics, and receive alerts. The DigitalOcean metrics agent is an open-source Go utility that collects and sends system metrics to DigitalOcean to enable features such as usage graphs, alerts, and custom metrics.

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Monitoring Quickstart

Just the essentials to go from zero to working in a few minutes.

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