# Monitoring router

Turing provides a convenient user interface for monitoring the router deployments and getting the standard metrics out-of-the-box, and configuring alerts based on the performance of the routers. To take advantage of these features, an appropriate monitoring / alerting backend should have been configured.

{% content-ref url="monitor-a-router/monitor-router-performance" %}
[monitor-router-performance](https://docs.caraml.dev/user-guides/router/monitor-a-router/monitor-router-performance)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="monitor-a-router/configure-alerts" %}
[configure-alerts](https://docs.caraml.dev/user-guides/router/monitor-a-router/configure-alerts)
{% endcontent-ref %}