Monitoring
Overview
Dragonfly Cloud provides observability through the following monitoring features:
- A readily available Grafana-based public dashboard.
 - A Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoint that you can scrape and integrate with most monitoring and alerting solutions like Datadog and Grafana.
 
If you have not yet created a Dragonfly Cloud data store, please refer to the getting started guide.
Public Dashboard
- To open a data store's public dashboard, click the dashboard icon () in the relevant data store row.
 - A Grafana-based dashboard will open in a new tab.
 
Prometheus Compatible Metrics Endpoint
Generating an API Key
In order to access the metrics endpoint, you must first acquire an API key:
- Navigate to the Account > API Keys tab in Dragonfly Cloud.
 - Click the +API Key button to open the Create Key dialog.
 - In the Create Key dialog, enter a meaningful name for the key (e.g., 
metrics). - Leave Read Metrics selected in the Permissions dropdown.
 - Click Create, and the dialog will show the created key.
 - Click Copy API Key to copy the key to the clipboard.
 - Store the key somewhere secure for later usage. Dragonfly Cloud doesn't store the key itself.
 
Accessing the Metrics Endpoint
- Once you have the API key, you can use it to access the metrics endpoint.
 - The metrics endpoint is available for scraping at 
https://api.dragonflydb.cloud/v1/metrics. - Configure your monitoring system with the metrics endpoint and your API key to start monitoring your data store.
 - The API key should be passed in the 
Authorizationheader as a bearer token like so: 
# Replace with your API key.
$> KEY="dragonflydb_eyJpI...fQ=="
# Send a request to the metrics endpoint.
$> curl https://api.dragonflydb.cloud/v1/metrics -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY"