# etcd Metrics API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/etcd/etcd-metrics-api/  
**Provider:** Etcd — https://apis.io/providers/etcd/  
**Documentation:** https://etcd.io/docs/v3.5/op-guide/monitoring/

etcd Metrics API is one of 10 APIs that [Etcd](https://apis.io/providers/etcd/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Metrics, Monitoring, Observability, and Prometheus. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an API reference.

etcd exposes a Prometheus-compatible metrics endpoint that provides operational insights into the etcd cluster, including request rates, latency histograms, disk I/O statistics, Raft state, and cluster health indicators. This endpoint is used for monitoring and alerting in production etcd deployments.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://etcd.io/docs/v3.5/op-guide/monitoring/
- **Reference** — https://etcd.io/docs/v3.5/metrics/

## Other Etcd APIs (9)

- [etcd gRPC API](https://apis.io/apis/etcd/etcd-grpc-api/)
- [etcd Concurrency API](https://apis.io/apis/etcd/etcd-concurrency-api/)
- [etcd v2 HTTP API](https://apis.io/apis/etcd/etcd-v2-api/)
- [Etcd Auth API](https://apis.io/apis/etcd/etcd-auth-api/)
- [Etcd Cluster API](https://apis.io/apis/etcd/etcd-cluster-api/)
- [Etcd KV API](https://apis.io/apis/etcd/etcd-kv-api/)
- [Etcd Lease API](https://apis.io/apis/etcd/etcd-lease-api/)
- [Etcd Maintenance API](https://apis.io/apis/etcd/etcd-maintenance-api/)
- [Etcd Watch API](https://apis.io/apis/etcd/etcd-watch-api/)

## Tags

Metrics, Monitoring, Observability, Prometheus

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