---
title: Getting Started with DigitalOcean Insights (public)
description: Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.
product: Insights
url: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/insights/getting-started/
last_updated: "2026-10-01"
---

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# Getting Started with DigitalOcean Insights (public)

DigitalOcean Insights provides observability for supported resources through metrics, logs, traces, custom dashboards, and metric alerts.

[DigitalOcean Insights Quickstart](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/insights/getting-started/quickstart/index.html.md): Get started with DigitalOcean Insights by exploring metrics, creating dashboards and alerts, and inspecting logs and traces.