How to use cAdvisor to monitor azeti Engine Docker Installations

Owned by Sebastian Koch
Last updated: Nov 28, 2016
1 min read

cAdvisor is a simple monitoring tool for docker installations which comes in very handy to look into resource usage of individual docker containers. It is not a replacement for a proper monitoring solution. Some features it offers:

  • show memory, cpu by core and network usage by container
  • show file system usage per container
  • show live graphs and process lists
  • can be started within seconds as self-contained, zero-config docker container

Use Case

  • your azeti Engine runs on a docker host
  • check resource usage and allocation for running docker containers live

cAdvisor Container

Please check the official documentation here.

  1. Start the cAdvisor container and assign the web UI to port 8084

    sudo docker run \
  --volume=/:/rootfs:ro \
  --volume=/var/run:/var/run:rw \
  --volume=/sys:/sys:ro \
  --volume=/var/lib/docker/:/var/lib/docker:ro \
  --publish=8084:8080 \
  --detach=true \
  --name=cadvisor \
  google/cadvisor:latest
  2. Open http://<IP of Docker Host>:8084 in your browser and start using cAdvisor
  3. That's it, no further configuration required.


Administrators must take care of their own comprehensive monitoring of production azeti Engine installations. The above approach helps to get a quick insight but is not suitable for investigations over time or performance analysis.