10.2.2 View Metrics with Prometheus and Grafana

View MicroTx Distributed Transactions coordinator metrics with Prometheus and Grafana.

Before you begin, ensure that you have installed and configured Prometheus and Grafana.

1. In any browser, enter the following URL to view metrics with Prometheus.

   Syntax of URL

   https://externalHostname/metrics

   Where, externalHostname: The IP address of the load balancer of the Istio ingress gateway. See Find IP Address of Istio Ingress Gateway. For example, 192.0.2.1.

2. View the metrics of the MicroTx Distributed Transactions coordinator.
   Prometheus provides value for different metrics and a description for each metric.
3. Visualize the metrics scraped by Prometheus in the MicroTx Distributed Transactions dashboard in Grafana.