# Configure StatsD

`rippled` can export health and behavioral information about itself in [StatsD](https://github.com/statsd/statsd) format. Those metrics can be consumed and visualized through [`rippledmon`](https://github.com/ripple/rippledmon) or any other collector that accepts StatsD formatted metrics.

## Configuration Steps

To enable StatsD on your `rippled` server, perform the following steps:

1. Set up a `rippledmon` instance on another machine to receive and aggregate stats.

```
$ git clone https://github.com/ripple/rippledmon.git
$ cd rippledmon
$ docker-compose up
```
Make sure [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/) and [Docker Compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/) are installed on your machine when performing the steps above. For more information about configuring `rippledmon`, see the [`rippledmon` repository](https://github.com/ripple/rippledmon).
2. Add the `[insight]` stanza to your `rippled`'s config file.

```
[insight]
server=statsd
address=192.0.2.0:8125
prefix=my_rippled
```
  - For the `address`, use the IP address and port where `rippledmon` is listening. By default, this port is 8125.
  - For the `prefix`, choose a name that identifies the `rippled` server you are configuring. The prefix must not include whitespace, colons ":", or the vertical bar "|". The prefix appears on all of the StatsD metrics exported from this server.

3. Restart the `rippled` service.

```
$ sudo systemctl restart rippled
```
4. Check that the metrics are being exported:

```
$ tcpdump -i en0 | grep UDP
```
Replace `en0` with the appropriate network interface for your machine. For a complete list of the interfaces on your machine use `$ tcpdump -D`.
Sample Output:

```
00:41:53.066333 IP 192.0.2.2.63409 > 192.0.2.0.8125: UDP, length 196
```
You should periodically see messages indicating outbound traffic to the configured address and port of your `rippledmon` instance.


For descriptions of each StatsD metric, see the [`rippledmon` repository](https://github.com/ripple/rippledmon).

## See Also

- **Concepts:**
  - [XRP Ledger Overview](/about/)
  - [The `rippled` Server](/es-es/docs/concepts/networks-and-servers)
- **Tutorials:**
  - [Install `rippled`](/es-es/docs/infrastructure/installation)
  - [Capacity Planning](/es-es/docs/infrastructure/installation/capacity-planning)
- **References:**
  - [server_info method](/es-es/docs/references/http-websocket-apis/public-api-methods/server-info-methods/server_info)
  - [print method](/es-es/docs/references/http-websocket-apis/admin-api-methods/status-and-debugging-methods/print)