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4. Configure Service and monitoring cards

Once resources have been created, exporters added, and templates defined, the next step is to configure the Service.

Navigate to image-20250727-174945.png menu in Configurator and click image-20250727-175242.png button.

Enter service name, for example, I&B platform and click image-20250727-175424.png .

Click on service name (here I&B platform) to manage monitoring cards.

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A new page with a list of monitoring cards will open (currently, it is empty):

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The next step is to add all previously created resources and templates, including the metrics that indicate service health across various Layers.

Click on image-20250727-180124.png button and then click on image-20250727-180628.png .

A list of resources created in earlier steps will appear in the new window. Select the first resource and click Add to proceed.

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In Layer field select Applications and in template field select control-api, then click Create.

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🎉 The first monitoring card has been successfully added to your service!

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As prom-client allows collect not only custom metrics, but Node.js as well, we should add this template too. Clock on Actions menu and click Add template to resource.

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In Layer drop-down window select Runtime environments. Respective nodejs template also will be selected. Then click Save.

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As shown, two templates are currently applied to the resource. However, you can apply as many templates as necessary.

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Once you have added all resources and templates to the service monitoring card, the resulting list should appear as follows:

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You can now view the I&B platform status, along with an overview and detailed metrics, on the Dashboard automatically generated for the service you just created.