Supported metrics for Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerScaleSets

The following table lists the metrics available for the Microsoft.ContainerInstance/containerScaleSets resource type.

Table headings

Metric - The metric display name as it appears in the Azure portal.
Name in Rest API - Metric name as referred to in the REST API.
Unit - Unit of measure.
Aggregation - The default aggregation type. Valid values: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Total, Count.
Dimensions - Dimensions available for the metric.
Time Grains - Intervals at which the metric is sampled. For example, PT1M indicates that the metric is sampled every minute, PT30M every 30 minutes, PT1H every hour, and so on.
DS Export- Whether the metric is exportable to Azure Monitor Logs via Diagnostic Settings.

For information on exporting metrics, see Create diagnostic settings in Azure Monitor.

For information on metric retention, see Azure Monitor Metrics overview.

Metric Name in REST API Unit Aggregation Dimensions Time Grains DS Export
Percentage CPU

Average of the CPU percentages consumed by individual Container Groups in this Scale Set
CpuPercentage Percent Average, Minimum, Maximum containerName PT1M Yes
CPU usage

Average of the CPU utilizations in millicores consumed by Container Groups in this Scale Set
CpuUsage MilliCores Total (Sum), Average, Minimum, Maximum containerName PT1M Yes
Memory percentage

Average of the memory percentages consumed ((usedMemory/allocatedMemory) * 100) by Container Groups in this Scale Set
MemoryPercentage Percent Average, Minimum, Maximum containerName PT1M Yes
Memory usage

Total memory used by all the Container Groups in this Scale Set
MemoryUsage Bytes Total (Sum), Average, Minimum, Maximum containerName PT1M Yes

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