Monitor a TiDB Cluster

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 status	Description
Available	The cluster is healthy and available.
Creating	The cluster is being created. The cluster is inaccessible while it is being created.
Importing	Importing data into the cluster.
Maintaining	The cluster is in maintenance.
Modifying	The cluster is being modified.
Unavailable	The cluster has failed and TiDB cannot recover it.
Pausing	The cluster is being paused.
Paused	The cluster is paused.
Resuming	The cluster is being resumed from a pause.
Restoring	The cluster is currently being restored from a backup.

TiDB node status

Note

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

The node names starting with tidb are TiDB nodes, and those starting with tiproxy are TiProxy nodes.

TiDB node status	Description
Available	The TiDB node is healthy and available.
Creating	The TiDB node is being created.
Unavailable	The TiDB node is not available.
Deleting	The TiDB node is being deleted.

TiKV node status

Note

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

TiKV node status	Description
Available	The TiKV node is healthy and available.
Creating	The TiKV node is being created.
Unavailable	The TiKV node is not available.
Deleting	The 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:

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.
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:

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

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