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**Google Cloud Monitoring**



Google Cloud Monitoring is a hosted monitoring service that allows you to visualize and alert on important metrics in your application. Heapster can be setup to automatically push all collected metrics to Google Cloud Monitoring. These metrics are then available in the [Cloud Monitoring Console](https://app.google.stackdriver.com/). This storage backend is the easiest to setup and maintain. The monitoring console allows you to easily create and customize dashboards using the exported data.



Here is a video showing how to setup and run a Google Cloud Monitoring backed Heapster:
Title: Google Cloud Monitoring for Kubernetes
Summary
This section describes using Google Cloud Monitoring as a backend for Heapster, which allows visualization and alerting on application metrics. Heapster can be configured to automatically push collected metrics to Google Cloud Monitoring, making them available in the Cloud Monitoring Console. This method is highlighted as easy to set up and maintain, enabling dashboard creation and customization. A video demonstrating the setup and operation of a Google Cloud Monitoring-backed Heapster is referenced.