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Monitoring

Monitor the health and performance of your Expanso Edge nodes and pipelines.

There are two ways to monitor your pipelines:

  • Monitoring tab in the Expanso Cloud console (primary). Built-in graphs for each pipeline, with no setup required. This is the fastest way to see throughput, errors, and resource usage.
  • OpenTelemetry export (advanced). Export edge node metrics over OTLP to your own observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog), where you run your own queries, dashboards, and alerts. See OpenTelemetry Metrics Export.

Metrics​

Track pipeline performance and resource utilization:

  • Throughput and latency
  • Error rates
  • Resource usage (CPU, memory)

The console Monitoring tab shows these per pipeline. For the full set of exported metrics and their names, see OpenTelemetry Metrics Export.

Logging​

Access detailed logs from your edge nodes:

  • Structured logging (JSON) with configurable log levels
  • Local logs via journald or a log file (see Systemd Service)
  • Ship logs to your own aggregator for centralized search and analysis

Alerting​

Alerting is bring-your-own. Export metrics over OTLP and define alert rules in your own Prometheus or Grafana. You can alert on the same edge metrics you export, for example error rates or pipeline readiness.

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