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# Monitoring Service

The Monitoring Service provides a centralized and scalable solution for monitoring and analyzing your application and infrastructure metrics.

## Product Overview

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Monitoring Service</strong></mark></td><td>Provides a centralized and scalable solution for monitoring and analyzing your application and infrastructure metrics.</td><td><a href="/pages/rfYvp0tNrVXXAsHLm3ZG">/pages/rfYvp0tNrVXXAsHLm3ZG</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Quick Links

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Use Cases</strong></mark></td><td>Information about various use cases of the Monitoring Service.</td><td><a href="/pages/xgyDe2Vg0t4NTxS5bztV">/pages/xgyDe2Vg0t4NTxS5bztV</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>DCD How-Tos</strong></mark></td><td>Set user privileges for accessing and managing Monitoring Service via the DCD.</td><td><a href="/pages/kUJOtIU3YXfk1k0umYzV">/pages/kUJOtIU3YXfk1k0umYzV</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>API How-Tos</strong></mark></td><td>Get started with creating and managing Monitoring Service via the API.</td><td><a href="/pages/57BrzHK6mn2mPANXW756">/pages/57BrzHK6mn2mPANXW756</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Quick Start</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to manage monitoring pipeline configuration.</td><td><a href="/pages/bq2O6p4pTaI3xopX1g9R">/pages/bq2O6p4pTaI3xopX1g9R</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Billing</strong></mark></td><td>Understand how samples are counted, what counts toward billing, and how to monitor your usage.</td><td><a href="/pages/iGjnlWftKiPeliBzUi4a">/pages/iGjnlWftKiPeliBzUi4a</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Developer Tools

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Monitoring Service API</strong></mark></td><td>Access the API documentation for the Monitoring Service.</td><td><a href="https://api.ionos.com/docs/observability-monitoring/v1/">https://api.ionos.com/docs/observability-monitoring/v1/</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>SDKs</strong></mark></td><td>Explore the available SDKs for interacting with the Monitoring Service.</td><td><a href="https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/reference/software-development-kits/sdks/cloud-api-sdks">https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/reference/software-development-kits/sdks/cloud-api-sdks</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Terraform</strong></mark></td><td>Learn how to use Terraform for managing the Monitoring Service.</td><td><a href="https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/reference/config-management-tools/config-management-tools">https://docs.ionos.com/cloud/reference/config-management-tools/config-management-tools</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

To get answers to the most commonly encountered questions about Monitoring Service, see [<mark style="color:blue;">**FAQs**</mark>](/cloud/observability/monitoring-service/monitoring-service-faqs.md).


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