- How to Install the DigitalOcean Metrics Agent
- How to Set Up Resource Alerts
- Monitoring Metrics
- Monitoring Pricing
- How to Remove the DigitalOcean Metrics Agent Package or Repository from Droplets
- Monitoring Quickstart
- How to Upgrade from the Legacy Metrics Agent to the Current Agent
- How can I allowlist the DigitalOcean metrics agent with my firewall?
- Monitoring Features
- How to Opt Out of Process Name Collection
Monitoring
Generated on 23 May 2025
DigitalOcean Monitoring is a free, opt-in service that lets you track Droplet resource usage in real time, visualize performance metrics, and receive alerts via email or Slack to proactively manage your infrastructure’s health.
Getting Started
Quickstarts and intermediate tutorials to get started.
How-Tos
How to accomplish specific tasks in detail, like creation/deletion, configuration, and management.
Reference
Native and third-party tools, troubleshooting, and answers to frequently asked questions.
Concepts
Explanations and definitions of core concepts in Monitoring.
Details
Features, plans and pricing, availability, limits, known issues, and more.
Support
Get help with technical support and answers to frequently asked questions.
Latest Updates
20 August 2021
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Released v1.64.0 of doctl, the official DigitalOcean CLI. This release includes support for managing App Platform alerts.
9 August 2021
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Released v1.63.0 of doctl, the official DigitalOcean CLI. This release includes a number of new features:
- The
database firewallsub-commands now support apps as trusted sources - New
monitoring alertsub-commands for creating and managing alert policies - The
--droplet-agentflag was added to thecompute droplet createsub-command to optionally disable installing the agent for the Droplet web console
- The
15 May 2020
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The retention period for Droplet performance metrics has been decreased from 30 days to 14 days.
For more information, see all Monitoring release notes.