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Vultr monitoring: all your Vultr instances in one dashboard

Vultr graphs vCPU, disk operations and network per instance but not memory. Opyntel’s Vultr monitoring adds memory, disk and alerts for every instance at a glance, plus the other systems you run.

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Built in vs Opyntel

Vultr on its own, and Vultr with Opyntel

Feature by feature, the biggest gaps first: what Vultr gives you, and what you get in one dashboard with Opyntel.

Every instance at a glance

On Vultr

Each instance’s page shows a usage summary, monthly bandwidth and Server Monitors graphs for vCPU, disk read and write operations and network, with a range drop-down.

With Opyntel

Opyntel shows the full list of your Vultr instances in one table with state, memory, disk and load, down and degraded first, so you see it all at a glance. Vultr sits next to the other systems you run, in one dashboard.

Memory and disk

On Vultr

The monitoring graphs cover vCPU, disk operations and network. Memory and disk fill level are not among them.

With Opyntel

The Opyntel agent reports memory, disk fill level, load and per-container CPU, memory and restarts from inside each instance, with one docker run command and outbound HTTPS only.

Alerts when it goes down, and when it recovers

On Vultr

The monitoring guide describes usage graphs and a monthly bandwidth section; it describes no alerts.

With Opyntel

Opyntel alerts out of the box when an instance goes down, memory passes your threshold, a disk passes 85% or 95% or is on track to fill, or a container goes down. Each alert notifies when it fires and again when it recovers, by email, Slack or SMS depending on your plan.

The total cost of your app

On Vultr

Vultr bills servers by the hour from deployment, up to 672 hours a month for Cloud Compute, and stopped servers keep incurring charges until destroyed. Invoices come monthly.

With Opyntel

Opyntel shows a list-price cost estimate per instance on Pro and adds it to the other platforms you run, so you see the total cost of your app at a glance. Monthly budget alerts and forecasts come with Enterprise.

Setup

How to set up Vultr monitoring with Opyntel

Vultr monitoring in four steps: from Vultr to one dashboard with everything else you run.

  1. Enable the Vultr API and copy your key
    In the Vultr console, open Account, then API, and select Enable API under Personal Access Token. Vultr keys carry full access, so Opyntel only ever reads with it.
    Enable Vultr API access
  2. Sign in to Opyntel
    Open your Opyntel dashboard and add a source. Accounts start from the waitlist, so join it to get yours.
  3. Paste the key and start the agent
    Paste the key. For memory, disk fill level and per-container CPU and memory, run the docker run command your dashboard shows on each of your instances: the agent sends over outbound HTTPS only and opens no port.
  4. See Vultr in one dashboard
    Vultr monitoring lands next to the other platforms you run: every service and server sits in one dashboard, down and degraded first, with default alert rules on from the start.

Don’t see your platform? From your Opyntel account you can request an integration with more platforms. Until then, and tell us which one you run on.

FAQ

Vultr questions, answered

Short answers; some link to a guide that goes into detail.

Vultr graphs disk operations, not how full the disk is. Opyntel’s agent alerts before it fills. Find what filled a Linux disk.

Vultr graphs CPU, disk and network, not memory; free -h on the server shows it. Opyntel’s agent alerts when memory passes your threshold. Check memory usage on Linux.

Check status.vultr.com first. If every instance in a location fails together it is the platform; if one fails alone it is that server. Opyntel checks your public endpoints from several regions and alerts when one goes down.

Each plan includes outbound bandwidth and the excess is billed. Opyntel’s agent shows outbound traffic per instance, so you see which one uses it.

The alerts your platform doesn’t send.

One dashboard for everything you run, with the alerts your platforms leave out. Read-only, nothing to install in your apps.

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