Memory Usage Monitoring in GCP Compute Engine with or without Stack Driver

Question

Cloud Platform - GCP Compute Engine

OS - Ubuntu, 16.04 LTS

I want to see memory utilization graph just like CPU utilization (compute.googleapis.com/instance/cpu/utilization).

I could not find any way to monitor my Compute Engine memory utilization even if Stack-driver is enabled.

I checked https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/metrics_gcp#gcp-compute and there is no endpoint for memory utilization monitoring.

I tried stackdriver agent monitoring endpoints also but it is not working ( agent.googleapis.com/memory/percent_used) https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/metrics_agent#agent-memory.

Does anyone know how can I see memory utilization graph in GCP compute engine instance monitoring or via Stack Driver Monitoring

This article has tips on installing Stackdriver and how to debug: https://www.jhanley.com/google-compute-stackdriver-logging-installation-setup-debugging/ — John Hanley, Sep 23 '19 at 17:59
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Jujosiga · Answer 1 · 2019-09-24T13:07:30.380

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On Stackdriver Monitoring: (You will have to install the agent on your VM Instance)
1. Install the Stackdriver Monitoring Agent following this guide.
2. Open stackdriver monitoring API by clicking Navigation Menu -> Stackdriver -> Monitoring
3. Once you are there on the left side you will click on "Resources" -> Metric explorer.
4. On resource type: GCE VM Instance / Metrics: "Memory usage" and/or "Memory utilization".
5. On filter, select Name, Value: (Name of your instance) You should see now the graphic metrics of the Memory utilization.

edited Sep 24 '19 at 13:07

answered Sep 23 '19 at 18:17

Jujosiga

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 24 '19 at 02:53

You missed something in the installation of the stackdriver agent. I just tested and it works like a charm on ubuntu 16.04 (Standard Google Image)!

Then go to stackdriver

Resources -> Instances: You should see your VM instance
Click on your instance -> click on Agent -> Scroll down and you see your memory and your swap usage

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