# Monitoring using the MediaLive console
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You can monitor the state and health of channels and multiplexes.

**Topics**
+ [Monitoring a channel using the console](#monitoring-console)
+ [Monitoring a multiplex using the Console](#monitoring-multiplex-console)

## Monitoring a channel using the console
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You can monitor a channel using the AWS Elemental MediaLive console to view its activity and its current state.

**To monitor activity on a channel and its current state**

1. Open the MediaLive console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/medialive/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/medialive/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Channels**. (For information about the buttons on the page, see [Editing a channel](editing-deleting-channel.md#editing-a-channel), [Starting, stopping, and pausing a channel](starting-stopping-deleting-a-channel.md), and [Creating a channel by cloning](creating-channel-clone.md).)

1. The **Channels** page shows a list of your channels. Each line in the list provides basic information about the channel, including its state. For information about states, see [States for channels and multiplexes](monitor-activity-types-channel.md).

1. To view more details about a channel, choose the name of that channel. The **Channel details** page appears.

**Topics**
+ [Status tab – Viewing status information](#view-status-info)
+ [Alerts tab – Viewing alerts](#view-alerts)
+ [Handling alerts](#handle-alerts)
+ [Destinations pane](#view-status-details)

### Status tab – Viewing status information
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For basic status information, look at the **Status** pane.

For information about the inputs in the channel, choose the **Details** tab.

For detailed information about the status, choose the **Health** tab. This tab provides information for the pipelines in the channel: 
+ Pipeline 0 and pipeline 1, if the channel is set up as a standard channel and therefore has two pipelines
+ Pipeline 0, if the channel is set up as a single-pipeline channel

You can specify the period of time for the health information.

### Alerts tab – Viewing alerts
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MediaLive generates alerts for a channel when an issue or potential issue occurs in either pipeline in a channel. These alerts are displayed in two ways:
+ On the right side of the **Status** pane, there is a count of active alerts for each pipeline. 
+ On the **Alerts** tab, details about each alert are displayed. 

  If the alert is still active, the **Cleared** column is blank. If the alert has cleared, the column shows the timestamp for when it cleared.

For a list of MediaLive alerts, see [List of alerts for channels](monitor-activity-types-alerts-channels.md).

### Handling alerts
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When an alert occurs, look at the **Alerts** tab to determine possible causes of the issue. Take steps to resolve the issue. 

After you resolve the issue, MediaLive automatically clears the alert. 

If you stop a channel, alerts always automatically clear.

### Destinations pane
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This pane has three panes:
+ **Egress endpoints** – This pane shows one line for each pipeline. The **Source IP** is the channel endpoint for this pipeline. The channel endpoint is the egress from the pipeline. From this point, the content goes to the output destinations for each of the output groups in the channel. 

  In a regular channel, this endpoint is in a location that MediaLive manages.

  In a channel set up for [delivery via your VPC](delivery-out-vpc.md), this endpoint is in your VPC. You are responsible for ensuring that this endpoint is always available to accept the content from the channel pipeline.
+ **Destinations** – This pane shows one line for each destination. 

  Each output group has one destination line. Each line shows the address of the output in the one or two pipelines in the channel.
+ **MediaPackage destinations** – This pane shows the channel ID that is the destination for each MediaPackage output group. The channel in MediaPackage has one or two pipelines, mapped to the one or two pipelines in MediaLive.

## Monitoring a multiplex using the Console
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You can view the activity of your multiplex and its current state.

**To monitor activity on a multiplex (MediaLive console)**

1. Open the MediaLive console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/medialive/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/medialive/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Multiplexes**.

1. The **Multiplexes** page shows a list of your multiplexes. Each line in the list provides basic information about the multiplex, including its state. For information about states, see [States for channels and multiplexes](monitor-activity-types-channel.md).

1. To view more details about a multiplex, choose the name of that multiplex. The **Multiplex details** page appears.

**Topics**
+ [Viewing status information](#view-status-info)

### Viewing status information
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The **Multiplex details** page is divided into two panes. The second pane is divided into tabs.

#### Details tab
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The **Details** tab shows the fields that you set when you created the multiplex. 

It also shows this information that MediaLive assigns:
+ The ARN of the multiplex.
+ The ARNs of the two entitlements that MediaLive automatically creates when you create the multiplex. For more information about these entitlements, see [Starting the multiplex](start-multiplex.md).

#### Programs tab
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The **Programs** tab lists the tabs that are in the multiplex. For information about programs, see [Overview of multiplex and MPTS](mpts-general.md).

#### Bandwidth monitoring tab
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The **Bandwidth monitoring **tab shows information about the bandwidth allocation for the multiplex. 

**To display the information as a bar chart**

1. Choose **Bar chart**. 

1. Choose to show the multiplex (all the programs in the multiplex) or a specific program.

1. Choose which pipeline to show.

The chart always shows the data for the most recent minute. The chart refreshes every minute.

**To display the information as an area chart**

1. Choose **Area chart**.

1. Set the time window. This window sets the size of the x-axis. The window always shows 60 data points. Therefore, a window of 1 hour shows a data point every minute, for example. A window of 1 day shows a data point every 24 minutes.

1. Choose to show the multiplex (all the programs in the multiplex) or a specific program.

1. Choose which pipeline to show.

#### Alerts tab
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MediaLive generates alerts for a multiplex when an issue or potential issue occurs in either pipeline in a multiplex. These alerts are displayed in two ways:
+ On the right side of the **Status** pane, there is a count of active alerts for each pipeline. 
+ On the **Alerts** tab, details about each alert are displayed. 

If an alert is still active, the **Cleared** column is blank. If an alert has cleared, the column shows the timestamp for when it cleared.

**To handle an alert**

1. When an alert occurs, look at the **Alerts** tab to determine possible causes of the issue. Take steps to resolve the issue. 

   After you resolve the issue, MediaLive automatically clears the alert. The **Cleared** column shows the timestamp for when it cleared.

1. If you stop a channel, alerts always automatically clear.

#### Tags Tab
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For information about tags, see [Tagging resources](tagging.md).