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DBmarlin is a monitoring platform for databases. The CockroachDB integration with DBmarlin enables DBmarlin to view CockroachDB metrics stored in the crdb_internal system catalog. In this tutorial, you will enable the CockroachDB integration in DBmarlin, run a workload on CockroachDB, and visualize data. For more information about the integration, see the Cockroach Labs blog post.
For more information about using DBmarlin, see the DBmarlin documentation.

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Before you begin

You must have the following set up before proceeding with this tutorial:

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Step 1. Connect DBmarlin to CockroachDB

Follow the steps in CockroachDB.

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Step 2. Run a sample workload

To test the dashboard functionality, use cockroach workload to run a sample workload on the cluster. Initialize the workload for MovR, a fictional vehicle-sharing company:
Run the MovR workload for 5 minutes:

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Step 3. View database behavior in DBmarlin

Follow the steps in Instance Dashboard. When you open the dashboard you’ll see: CockroachDB Overview dashboard for DBmarlin

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