docs/content/admin/monitoring-and-managing-your-instance/monitoring-your-instance/collectd-metrics-for-github-enterprise-server.md

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collectd metrics for GitHub Enterprise Server	collectd metrics	You can review the metrics that `collectd` gathers for {% data variables.location.product_location %}.	ghes *	reference	Enterprise Fundamentals Infrastructure Monitoring Performance	/admin/monitoring-managing-and-updating-your-instance/monitoring-your-instance/collectd-metrics-for-github-enterprise-server

About collectd metrics

By default, collectd on {% data variables.location.product_location %} gathers metrics related to the instance's performance. For more information, see AUTOTITLE.

You can learn more about the type of data that collectd gathers, and you can download a CSV file that contains a full list of metrics.

Metrics gathered by collectd plugins

Plugins provide metrics to collectd. You can learn about each plugin available on {% data variables.location.product_location %}, and you can review documentation about the plugin. To review a full list of metrics for a {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %} instance, see the CSV file with collectd metrics.

Plugin	Metrics gathered	More information
cpu	Amount of time spent by the instance's CPU in various states: for example, execution of user code, execution of system code, waiting for I/O operations, and remaining idle	Plugin:CPU in the collectd wiki
curl_json	On an instance in a high-availability, repository caching, or cluster configuration, data related to repository replication	Plugin:cURL-JSON in the collectd wiki
df	Usage information about the instance's file system	Plugin:DF in the collectd wiki
disk	Performance statistics for the instance's hard disks and other block devices	Plugin:Disk in the collectd wiki
elasticsearch	Statistics for Elasticsearch, which provides the instance's search functionality	phobos182/collectd-elasticsearch repository on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}
fhcount	Total, used, and unused file handles for the instance's Linux OS	Manpage collectd.conf(5) in the collectd wiki
haproxy	Front-end connections to the instance from HAProxy's management socket	mleinart/collectd-haproxy repository on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}
listener	Active and queued connections to the instance's github-unicorn, github-gitauth, and github-ernicorn services	N/A
load	System load average	Plugin:Load in the collectd wiki
memcached	Number of connections and requests handled by the instance's memcached daemon, as well as CPU resources consumed, number of items cached, number of threads, and bytes sent and received	Plugin:memcached in the collectd wiki
memory	Instance's memory usage	Plugin:Memory in the collectd wiki
minio	On an instance that uses MinIO blob storage for {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} or {% data variables.product.prodname_registry %}, statistics for objects and buckets in the connected MinIO cluster from MinIO's /metrics endpoint	minio/minio repository on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}
mysql	Statistics related to instance's MySQL database server	Plugin:MySQL in the collectd wiki
netlink	Statistics related to instance's network interface	Plugin:Netlink in the collectd wiki
nginx	Statistics related to the instance's Nginx HTTP server	Plugin:nginx in the collectd wiki
nomad	Statistics related to the instance's scheduler and orchestrator, Nomad	N/A
processes	The number of processes and threads on the instance	Plugin:Processes in the collectd wiki
protocols	The number of TCP, UDP, and other IP packets received and sent by the instance	Plugin:Protocols in the collectd wiki
redis	Statistics related to the instance's key-value store in Redis	Plugin:Redis in the collectd wiki
statsd	Statistics sent to collectd using the StatsD protocol, including from a variety of features and services on the instance	Plugin:StatsD in the collectd wiki
tcpconns	The number of the instance's TCP connections in various states	Plugin:TCPConns in the collectd wiki
vmem	Statistics related to the virtual memory subsystem for the instance's Linux OS kernel	Plugin:vmem in the collectd wiki