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Operations Manual
Product Version
    • The Neo4j Operations Manual v4.0
    • Introduction
    • Installation
      • System requirements
      • Neo4j Browser
      • Neo4j Desktop
      • Linux installation
        • Debian
        • Deploy Neo4j using the Neo4j RPM package
        • Linux tarball installation
        • Neo4j system service
      • macOS installation
      • Windows installation
    • Cloud deployments
      • Neo4j cloud VMs
      • Neo4j on Amazon EC2
        • Neo4j deployment automation on AWS
      • Neo4j on Google Cloud Platform
        • Single instances (VM-based)
        • Causal Clusters (VM-based)
        • Neo4j deployments automation on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
      • Neo4j on Microsoft Azure
        • Single instances (VM-based)
        • Causal Clusters (VM-based)
        • Neo4j deployments automation on Azure
    • Docker
      • Introduction
      • Configuration
      • Clustering
      • Docker specific operations
      • Security
      • Docker maintenance operations
      • Docker specific configuration settings
    • Configuration
      • The neo4j.conf file
      • Command expansion
      • File locations
      • Ports
      • Set an initial password
      • Configure connectors
      • Plugins
      • Dynamic settings
      • Transaction log
    • Manage databases
      • Introduction
      • Administration and configuration
      • Queries
      • Databases in a Causal Cluster
    • Clustering
      • Introduction
      • Deploy a cluster
      • Seed a cluster
      • Discovery
      • Intra-cluster encryption
      • Internals of clustering
      • Settings reference
    • Fabric
      • Introduction
      • Configuration
      • Queries
      • Further considerations
    • Backup and restore
      • Backup and restore planning
      • Backup modes
      • Back up an online database
      • Restore a database backup
      • Back up an offline database
      • Restore a database dump
      • Copy a database store
    • Authentication and authorization
      • Introduction
      • Built-in roles
      • Recover admin user and password
      • Fine-grained access control
      • Integration with LDAP directory services
      • Manage procedure permissions
      • Terminology
    • Security
      • Securing extensions
      • SSL framework
      • Browser credentials handling
      • Security checklist
    • Monitoring
      • Metrics
      • Types of metrics
        • Expose metrics
        • Metrics reference
      • Logging
      • Query management
      • Transaction management
      • Connection management
      • Monitoring a Causal Cluster
        • Procedures for monitoring a Causal Cluster
        • Endpoints for status information
      • Monitoring individual database states
    • Performance
      • Memory configuration
      • Index configuration
      • Tuning of the garbage collector
      • Bolt thread pool configuration
      • Linux file system tuning
      • Disks, RAM and other tips
      • Statistics and execution plans
      • Space reuse
    • Tools
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      • Consistency checker
      • Neo4j Admin report
      • Display store information
      • Memory recommendations
      • Import
      • Unbind a Core Server
      • Push to Neo4j AuraDB
      • Cypher Shell
    • Appendix
      • Reference
        • Configuration settings
        • Procedures
      • Tutorials
        • Set up a local Causal Cluster
        • Back up and restore a database in Causal Cluster
        • Neo4j Admin import
        • Set up and use Fabric
      • Advanced Causal Clustering
        • Causal Clustering lifecycle
        • Multi-data center
          • Multi-data center design
          • Multi-data center operations
          • Multi-data center load balancing
          • Data center disaster recovery
      • Deprecated security procedures
        • Enterprise Edition
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Metrics

This section describes the following:

  • Types of metrics

    • Global metrics

    • Database metrics

  • Expose metrics

    • Enable metrics logging

    • Graphite

    • Prometheus

    • CSV files

    • JMX MBeans

  • Metrics reference

    • General-purpose metrics

    • Metrics specific to Causal Clustering

    • Java Virtual Machine metrics

Monitoring Types of metrics

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