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Dendrite contains an embedded profiler called `pprof`, which is a part of the standard Go toolchain.
### Enable the profiler
## Enable the profiler
To enable the profiler, start Dendrite with the `PPROFLISTEN` environment variable. This variable specifies which address and port to listen on, e.g.
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Starting pprof on localhost:65432
```
### Profiling CPU usage
All examples from this point forward assume `PPROFLISTEN=localhost:65432` but you may need to adjust as necessary for your setup.
## Profiling CPU usage
To examine where CPU time is going, you can call the `profile` endpoint:
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This will block for the specified number of seconds, capturing information about what Dendrite is doing, and then produces a `profile` file, which you can send onward.
### Profiling memory usage
## Profiling memory usage
To examine where memory usage is going, you can call the `heap` endpoint:
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```
curl -O http://localhost:65432/debug/pprof/heap
``
```
This will almost instantly produce a `heap` file, which you can send onward.