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[[kibana-page]]
=== {kib} Monitoring Metrics
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<titleabbrev>{kib} Metrics</titleabbrev>
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To view the key metrics that indicate the overall health of {kib} itself,
click **Overview** in the {kib} section of the *Monitoring* page.

image::monitoring/images/monitoring-kibana-overview.png["Kibana Overview",link="images/monitoring-kibana-overview.png"]

To view {kib} instance metrics, click **Instances**. The Instances section
shows the status of each {kib} instance.

image::monitoring/images/monitoring-kibana-instances.png["Kibana Instances",link="images/monitoring-kibana-instances.png"]

Click the name of an instance to view its instance statistics over time.

image::monitoring/images/monitoring-kibana-instance.png["Kibana Instance View",link="images/monitoring-kibana-instance.png"]