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 To monitor the health status of your Friendica installation, you can use for example a tool like Zabbix. Please define 'stats_key' in your local.config.php in the 'system' section to be able to access the statistics page at /stats?key=your-defined-stats_key
 
 The statistics contain data about the worker performance, the last cron call, number of reports, inbound and outbound packets, posts and comments.
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+### Prometheus
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+To use [prometheus](https://prometheus.io) for gathering metrics, use the [Friendica exporter](https://git.friendi.ca/friendica/friendica-exporter).
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+You can find the installation instructions here: https://git.friendi.ca/friendica/friendica-exporter#installation