---
title: How to monitor logs and metrics for Public Gateways
description: Guide to monitoring Scaleway Public Gateways.
tags: Public Gateways logs metrics cockpit grafana activity
dates:
  validation: 2026-04-09
  posted: 2026-04-09
---
import Requirements from '@macros/iam/requirements.mdx'


Scaleway Public Gateways is fully integrated into [Cockpit](/cockpit/quickstart/), and allows you to quickly access your logs and metrics. This page explains how to get started with Scaleway Cockpit to monitor your Public Gateways.

Logs and metrics for Public Gateways with default retention (31 days for metrics / 7 days for logs & traces) are free of charge.

<Requirements />

- A Scaleway account logged into the [console](https://console.scaleway.com)
- [Owner](/iam/concepts/#owner) status or [IAM permissions](/iam/concepts/#permission) allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
- [Created a Public Gateway](/public-gateways/how-to/create-a-public-gateway/)

## How to access the Grafana dashboard

1. From the Scaleway console [Cockpit overview page](https://console.scaleway.com/cockpit/overview), click **Access Grafana** in the top right corner.

2. From the **Scaleway Dashboards** panel, select:
    - **PGW logs** to access the logs of your Public Gateways.
    - **PGW Overview** to access the metrics of your Public Gateways.

  You are directed to the selected dashboard. You can use the filters at the top of the page to refine the displayed information.

## Available logs and metrics

The following logs are available to monitor your public Gateways:

- SSH Bastion logs

The following metrics are available to monitor your Public Gateways:

- Number of Public Gateways over time
- Inbound/outbound network traffic (bytes per second)