monitoring_logging.md

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Monitoring and logging in {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}}

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Monitoring

{{site.data.keyword.Bluemix}}, by default, collects and displays metrics for CPU usage, memory utilization, and network I/O for the {{site.data.keyword.containershort_notm}}. You can use the {{site.data.keyword.monitoringlong_notm}} service in {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} to automatically collect and measure key metrics from your environment and applications. No special instrumentation is required to collect metrics.

For more information, see Monitoring in {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}}.

Logging

{{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}}, by default, collects and displays logs for your apps, apps runtimes, and compute runtimes where those apps run. {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} logging capabilities are integrated in the platform and collection of data is automatically enabled for cloud resources.

The {{site.data.keyword.loganalysisfull_notm}} service provides log collection and log search services for the {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} platform, automatically collecting application and {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}} services’ data from select services. Use the {{site.data.keyword.loganalysisshort}} service to expand your log collection, log retention, and log search abilities when you're working with logs.

For more information, see Logging in {{site.data.keyword.Bluemix_notm}}.