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Application Real-Time Monitoring Service:Host monitoring

Last Updated:Oct 10, 2026

The host monitoring feature monitors metrics for CPU, memory, disk, load, network traffic, and network packets. This topic explains how to view these metrics.

ARMS console

  1. Log on to the ARMS console. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Application Monitoring > Application List.

  2. On the Application List page, select the region in the top navigation bar and then click the name of the application.

    Note

    Icons in the Language column have the following meanings:

    • Java icon: a Java application connected to Application Monitoring.

    • image: a Golang application connected to Application Monitoring.

    • image: a Python application connected to Application Monitoring.

    • -: an application connected to Managed Service for OpenTelemetry.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Application Details.

  4. On the Application Details page, click the Host Monitoring tab.

    ARMS应用监控-主机监控

View host monitoring metrics

The Host Monitoring tab displays time-series charts for CPU, memory, disk, load, network traffic, and network packets.

  • Click a metric's name on a monitoring panel, such as system CPU utilization, to toggle its visibility in the chart.

    Note

    You cannot hide a metric if it is the only one shown in the chart.

  • Click the line chart icon in the upper-right corner to view data for a specific time range or compare data across two time ranges.

  • Click the View API button in the upper-right corner to view the API details for the metric.

  • In the upper-right corner of a monitoring panel, click the 已配置报警点 icon to view existing alerts and the 创建报警 icon to create an alert rule. For more information, see Application Monitoring alert rules.

Metrics

The host monitoring feature includes the following metrics:

  • CPU

    • total CPU utilization

    • system CPU utilization

    • user CPU utilization

    • CPU utilization for I/O wait

  • Physical memory

    • total memory

    • free memory

    • used memory

    • memory in PageCache

    • memory in BufferCache

  • Disk

    • total system disk space (bytes)

    • free system disk space (bytes)

    • used system disk space (bytes)

  • Load

    system load

  • Network traffic

    • received network traffic (bytes)

    • sent network traffic (bytes)

  • Network packets

    • received network packets per minute

    • sent network packets per minute

    • received network errors per minute

    • discarded network packets per minute