How to monitor NATS with Scaleway Cockpit

Reviewed on April 01, 2025

You can view metrics for your NATS services via Scaleway Cockpit. This allows you to monitor your queues/streams and messages at a glance. There are two steps to complete to view your metrics for the first time with Cockpit:

1. Generate your Grafana credentials
2. Access the product's metrics dashboard

These steps are described below.

Before you start

To complete the actions presented below, you must have:

• A Scaleway account logged into the console
• Owner status or IAM permissions allowing you to perform actions in the intended Organization
• At least one NATS account

How to generate Grafana credentials

To view your metrics with Cockpit, you will use a Grafana dashboard which is accessible from the Scaleway console. First, you must create a user and their associated credentials (a username and password) for Grafana. This can be done directly from the Scaleway console, by following this procedure.

How to access your NATS dashboard and view your metrics

1. Click NATS in the Data and Analytics section of the Scaleway console side menu.

2. Click the Metrics tab.

3. Click Open Grafana metrics dashboard.

4. Enter your Grafana username and password to log in.

   You are directed to the NATS dashboard, where you can view all your metrics.