Host Map

The Host Map panel displays host-level metrics in a color-coded grid layout. Use it to monitor CPU, memory, disk, or other resource utilization across multiple hosts at a glance.

Add a Host Map panel

  1. Open the dashboard where you want the panel.

  2. Click Add Panel.

  3. In Choose Visualization, select Host Map.

    Select Host Map Visualization

  4. Build your metric query in Graph your data.

  5. Enter a descriptive Title.

  6. Click Save to add the panel.

Host Map–specific settings

Once your metric is selected:

  • Metric — Choose the host-level metric to display, such as CPU usage, memory consumption, disk I/O, or network throughput.

  • Group by — Group data by host, cluster, availability_zone, or other relevant labels.

  • Color scheme — Map metric values to colors to highlight high/low usage.

  • Layout — Adjust grid spacing, tile size, and sorting to improve readability.

  • Value display — Show or hide numeric values on each tile.

  • Thresholds — Add color-based thresholds to signal warning or critical conditions.

Best practices

  • Use consistent grouping (e.g., always group by host) to keep dashboards predictable.

  • Keep tile counts reasonable — too many hosts in one panel may make patterns harder to spot.

  • Pair Host Map with detailed Timeseries or Top List panels for drill-down analysis.