> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.latitude.sh/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Monitoring

> Track your virtual machine's performance with real-time metrics for CPU, memory, network, and disk.

Track your virtual machine's performance metrics directly from the dashboard.

## Overview

The Monitoring section on your VM's overview page shows key metrics at a glance:

* **CPU usage**: CPU utilization percentage
* **Memory usage**: Memory consumption percentage
* **Network received**: Incoming traffic in bytes per second
* **Disk read**: Read operations in bytes per second

## Monitoring details page

For detailed charts and historical data, open the monitoring details page.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Access monitoring details">
    Go to the **Virtual machines** section in the sidebar menu and select the virtual machine you want to monitor.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open monitoring details">
    In the Monitoring section on the VM overview page, click **View details**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The monitoring details page displays time-series charts for:

* **CPU usage**: CPU utilization over time
* **Memory usage**: Memory consumption over time
* **Network received**: Incoming traffic in bytes per second
* **Disk read**: Read operations in bytes per second

## Time period

Use the dropdown selector to adjust the time range:

* 5 minutes
* 15 minutes
* 1 hour
* 24 hours