---
title: Container Monitoring
description: An overview of Datadog's Container Monitoring UI capabilities.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Containers > Container Monitoring
---

# Container Monitoring

After [installing the Datadog Agent](https://app.datadoghq.com/fleet/install-agent/latest?platform=overview), you can use Datadog Container Monitoring to visualize your container resources. For Kubernetes environments, you can also track resource utilization, automatically scale workloads, and investigate and remediate issues.

## Explore containers{% #explore-containers %}

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   source="https://docs.dd-static.net/images/infrastructure/livecontainers/live-containers-overview_2.5cc0d52cb341156569dfb6135399d524.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850 1x, https://docs.dd-static.net/images/infrastructure/livecontainers/live-containers-overview_2.5cc0d52cb341156569dfb6135399d524.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850&dpr=2 2x"
   alt="Live containers with summaries" /%}

In Datadog, [**Containers Explorer**](https://app.datadoghq.com/containers) provides real-time visibility into all of your containers. To configure this page, read the [Containers Explorer documentation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/infrastructure/containers/explorer.md).

## Explore container images{% #explore-container-images %}

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   source="https://docs.dd-static.net/images/security/vulnerabilities/container_images.bdb2dc2d5068100e2cfa4df7fda58d78.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850 1x, https://docs.dd-static.net/images/security/vulnerabilities/container_images.bdb2dc2d5068100e2cfa4df7fda58d78.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850&dpr=2 2x"
   alt="The container images view highlighting vulnerabilities and container column sort feature" /%}

[**Container Images Explorer**](https://app.datadoghq.com/container-images) provides insights into every image used in your environment to help you assess your images' deployment footprint, including [Cloud Security](https://docs.datadoghq.com/security/cloud_security_management.md) vulnerabilities. To configure this page, read the [Container Images Explorer documentation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/infrastructure/containers/container_images.md).

## Explore Kubernetes resources{% #explore-kubernetes-resources %}

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   source="https://docs.dd-static.net/images/infrastructure/livecontainers/orch_ex.8494f89bafae55950571c130fe511ab9.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850 1x, https://docs.dd-static.net/images/infrastructure/livecontainers/orch_ex.8494f89bafae55950571c130fe511ab9.png?auto=format&fit=max&w=850&dpr=2 2x"
   alt="Orchestrator Explorer, showing Kubernetes Pods." /%}

[**Kubernetes Explorer**](https://app.datadoghq.com/orchestration/explorer) allows you to monitor pods, clusters, workloads, and other Kubernetes resources. To configure this page, read the [Kubernetes Explorer documentation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/infrastructure/containers/kubernetes_explorer.md).

### Kubernetes Resource Utilization{% #kubernetes-resource-utilization %}

Select the [**Resource Utilization**](https://app.datadoghq.com/orchestration/resource/pod) tab in the Kubernetes section for insights into how compute resources are used across your infrastructure. For more information, read the [Kubernetes Resource Utilization documentation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/infrastructure/containers/kubernetes_resource_utilization.md).

### Kubernetes Autoscaling{% #kubernetes-autoscaling %}

Select the [**Autoscaling**](https://demo.datadoghq.com/orchestration/scaling/summary) tab in the Kubernetes section to view scaling recommendations and deploy autoscaling. For more information, read the [Autoscaling documentation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/containers/monitoring/autoscaling.md).

### Kubernetes Remediation{% #kubernetes-remediation %}

Select the [**Remediation**](https://app.datadoghq.com/orchestration/remediation) tab in the Kubernetes section to investigate and remediate errors with [Bits AI Dev Agent](https://docs.datadoghq.com/bits_ai/bits_ai_dev_agent.md). For more information, read the [Bits AI Kubernetes Remediation documentation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/containers/bits_ai_kubernetes_remediation.md).

{% callout %}
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{% /callout %}

## Explore Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) resources{% #explore-amazon-elastic-container-service-ecs-resources %}

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   alt="ECS Explorer displaying ECS tasks." /%}

[**ECS Explorer**](https://app.datadoghq.com/orchestration/explorer/ecsTask) allows you to monitor tasks, services, and other Amazon ECS components across your AWS accounts. To configure this page, read the [ECS Explorer documentation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/infrastructure/containers/amazon_elastic_container_explorer.md).