# Monitoring

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/llms.txt). Component-specific: [connect-full.txt](https://docs.redpanda.com/connect-full.txt)

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## [](#health-checks)Health checks

Redpanda Connect serves two HTTP endpoints for health checks:

-   `/ping` can be used as a liveness probe as it always returns a 200.

-   `/ready` can be used as a readiness probe as it serves a 200 only when both the input and output are connected, otherwise a 503 is returned.


## [](#metrics)Metrics

Redpanda Connect [exposes lots of metrics](https://docs.redpanda.com/connect/components/metrics/about/#metric_names) either to Statsd, Prometheus, Cloudwatch or for debugging purposes an HTTP endpoint that returns a JSON formatted object.

The target destination of Redpanda Connect metrics is configurable from the [metrics section](https://docs.redpanda.com/connect/components/metrics/about/), where it’s also possible to rename and restrict the metrics that are emitted with mappings.

## [](#pipeline-status-events)Pipeline status events

> 📝 **NOTE**
>
> This component requires an [enterprise license](https://docs.redpanda.com/connect/get-started/licensing/). You can either [upgrade to an Enterprise Edition license](https://www.redpanda.com/upgrade), or [generate a trial license key](http://redpanda.com/try-enterprise) that’s valid for 30 days.

Redpanda Connect can emit real-time status events to a Kafka topic as pipelines start, run, and stop. Status events provide:

-   Pipeline lifecycle tracking (initialization, running, shutdown)

-   Connection health monitoring with 30-second heartbeats

-   Detailed error information when connections fail

-   Graceful vs. error shutdown detection


For configuration and monitoring details, see [Monitor Pipeline Status](https://docs.redpanda.com/connect/guides/monitor-pipeline-status/).

## [](#tracing)Tracing

Redpanda Connect also [emits opentracing events](https://docs.redpanda.com/connect/components/tracers/about/) to a tracer of your choice, which can be used to visualise the processors within a pipeline.