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This KB will teach you how to easily monitor the server's bandwidth consumption using the Cloudways Platform and view its graphical representation.
We advise that you also monitor the server and application monitoring section of the platform to view the performance and health of your servers and applications.
How to Monitor the Bandwidth Usage of a Server
Here's how you can view your server's bandwidth usage.
Log in to your Cloudways Platform using your email address and password.
From the top menu bar, open Servers.
Then, you can choose your desired server.
Classic Interface
New Interface
Next, select Monitoring from the left-hand menu.
Classic Interface
New Interface
The Summary and Details tabs are the most important sections because they contain all server resource utilization statistics and graphs.
Classic Interface
New Interface
Here, you can monitor the bandwidth consumption of your applications and server. There are some essential points to consider before moving forward:
Your server's bandwidth usage, including incoming and outgoing traffic, is recorded and updated every thirty minutes.
Bandwidth statistics are calculated at the beginning of each month.
The free bandwidth allocation resets on the first day of every calendar month based on the server time in the UTC timezone.
Additional charges will apply if your bandwidth usage exceeds the limit provided in your plan. For details on bandwidth charges, refer to this article.
Check Bandwidth Usage of a Server
This section records your server's bandwidth consumption. It shows your server's total bandwidth consumption and the date when the statistics were last updated.
Classic Interface
New Interface
Check Bandwidth Usage of Applications
You can refer to the Application Wise Details and expand this section to review the breakdown of each application's bandwidth consumption. Please note that these statistics are only available in the New Interface.
The bandwidth statistics shown per application reflect incoming traffic only. This does not include overall bandwidth usage, which would account for both incoming and outgoing traffic.
Tips
You can click the Bandwidth column header to sort the list in descending or ascending order. By default, the list is sorted based on CPU usage. However, clicking the Bandwidth header lets you prioritize applications by their bandwidth consumption, displaying the highest and lowest-consuming applications.
Clicking on the bandwidth figure of any specific application will redirect you to the bandwidth analytics section within the application monitoring area, providing more detailed insights.
New Interface
View Monthly Bandwidth Consumption and Incoming and Outgoing Network Traffic
You can visit the Details tab, where you will find a graphical representation of bandwidth consumption. To view the bandwidth consumption, select the Monthly Bandwidth option from the dropdown menu and choose the duration (e.g., last one day, default: one hour).
If you see no data available warning, then it means that no data was available recorded on your selected time stamp, so you may consider changing the duration (e.g., last seven days).
Important
Here, the X-axis represents time, whereas the Y-axis represents the ongoing bandwidth in GigaBytes (GBs). These are interactive graphs, so you can hover your cursor over any coordinates to read the specific information at that given instant.
Classic Interface
New Interface
You can see the Incoming Network Traffic and Outgoing Network Traffic information using the same dropdown menu.
That's it! We hope this article was helpful. If you need any help, then feel free to search your query on Cloudways Support Center or contact us via chat (Need a Hand > Send us a Message). Alternatively, you can also create a support ticket.