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title: Monitor DigitalOcean Kubernetes Clusters
description: Monitor DigitalOcean Kubernetes clusters with metrics, deployment monitoring, and Cilium Hubble.
product: Kubernetes
url: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/monitoring/
last_updated: "2026-08-12"
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# Monitor DigitalOcean Kubernetes Clusters

Generated on 12 Aug 2026

DigitalOcean Kubernetes (DOKS) is a Kubernetes service with a fully managed control plane, high availability, and autoscaling. DOKS integrates with standard Kubernetes toolchains and DigitalOcean’s load balancers, volumes, CPU and GPU Droplets, API, and CLI.

[View Basic Metrics](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/monitor-basic/index.html.md): Monitor metrics like CPU usage, load averages, and bandwidth to support capacity planning and provide insight into cluster health. View visualizations on resource utilization for individual nodes, node pools, or clusters.

[Use Cilium Hubble](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/use-cilium-hubble/index.html.md): How to access Cilium Hubble and Hubble UI

[Set Up Advanced Monitoring](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/how-to/monitor-advanced/index.html.md): Install the sidecar agent for detailed metric visualizations on Kubernetes objects, like deployment progress for pods, DaemonSets, and StatefulSets.