Monitor a TiDB Cluster

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This document describes how to monitor a TiDB cluster on TiDB Cloud.

Cluster status and node status

You can see the current status of each running cluster on the cluster page.

Cluster status

Cluster statusDescription
AvailableThe cluster is healthy and available.
CreatingThe cluster is being created. The cluster is inaccessible while it is being created.
ImportingImporting data into the cluster.
MaintainingThe cluster is in maintenance.
ModifyingThe cluster is being modified.
UnavailableThe cluster has failed and TiDB cannot recover it.
PausingThe cluster is being paused.
PausedThe cluster is paused.
ResumingThe cluster is being resumed from a pause.
RestoringThe cluster is currently being restored from a backup.

TiDB node status

Note:

The TiDB node status is only available for TiDB Cloud Dedicated clusters.

TiDB node statusDescription
AvailableThe TiDB node is healthy and available.
CreatingThe TiDB node is being created.
UnavailableThe TiDB node is not available.
DeletingThe TiDB node is being deleted.

TiKV node status

Note:

The TiKV node status is only available for TiDB Cloud Dedicated clusters.

TiKV node statusDescription
AvailableThe TiKV node is healthy and available.
CreatingThe TiKV node is being created.
UnavailableThe TiKV node is not available.
DeletingThe TiKV node is being deleted.

Monitoring metrics

In TiDB Cloud, you can view the commonly used metrics of a cluster from the following pages:

  • Overview page
  • Metrics page

Overview page

The Overview page provides general metrics of a cluster.

To view metrics on the cluster overview page, take the following steps:

  1. On the Clusters page of your project, click the name of your target cluster to go to its overview page.

    Tip:

    You can use the combo box in the upper-left corner to switch between organizations, projects, and clusters.

  2. Check the Core Metrics section.

Metrics page

The Metrics page provides a full set of metrics of a cluster. By viewing these metrics, you can easily identify performance issues and determine whether your current database deployment meets your requirements.

To view metrics on the Metrics page, take the following steps:

  1. On the Clusters page of your project, click the name of your target cluster to go to its overview page.

    Tip:

    You can use the combo box in the upper-left corner to switch between organizations, projects, and clusters.

  2. In the left navigation pane, click Monitoring > Metrics.

For more information, see TiDB Cloud Built-in Metrics.