Install MongoDB dashboards and alerts

In this milestone, you install the pre-built MongoDB dashboards and alert rules that come with the integration. These assets provide immediate visibility into MongoDB performance and proactive monitoring of critical conditions.

The MongoDB integration includes 3 comprehensive dashboards and 10 useful alerts designed to monitor database operations, performance metrics, and health indicators.

To install MongoDB dashboards and alerts, complete the following steps:

1. In the Install dashboards and alerts section of Grafana Cloud, click Install.

   You should see the following message: Dashboards and alerts have been installed.

2. Verify the dashboard installation by navigating to Dashboards in the main menu and searching for MongoDB.

   You should see the following installed dashboards:

   • MongoDB Cluster: A dashboard for cluster-wide monitoring
   • MongoDB Instance: A dashboard for individual server metrics
   • MongoDB ReplicaSet: A dashboard for replication monitoring

3. Verify the alert rule installation by navigating to Alerting > Alert rules and searching for MongoDB.

   The following alert rules monitor critical MongoDB conditions and notify you when intervention is required:

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   Alert Rule	Severity	Description
   MongodbDown	Critical	MongoDB instance is not responding
   MongodbReplicaMemberUnhealthy	Critical	Replica set member is unhealthy
   MongodbReplicationLag	Critical	Replication lag exceeds threshold
   MongodbReplicationHeadroom	Critical	Replication headroom is too low
   MongodbTooManyConnections	Warning	Connection count is too high
   MongodbVirtualMemoryUsage	Warning	Virtual memory usage is excessive
   MongodbCursorsTimeouts	Warning	Cursor timeouts are increasing
   MongodbNumberCursorsOpen	Warning	Too many cursors are open
   MongodbReadRequestsQueueingUp	Warning	Read requests are queuing
   MongodbWriteRequestsQueueingUp	Warning	Write requests are queuing

In your next milestone, you’ll explore the MongoDB dashboards and learn to interpret the metrics.