Cloud monitoring is the process of tracking the health, performance, availability, and usage of cloud resources and applications. It helps teams see when systems are working or failing.
What cloud monitoring tracks
Monitoring can track CPU, memory, network traffic, errors, latency, storage, uptime, database metrics, container health, and cost-related signals.
Monitoring versus observability
Monitoring tells teams what is happening through known metrics and alerts. Observability helps investigate why something is happening across complex systems.
Cloud monitoring is the dashboard and alerting layer that keeps teams informed.