> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.thundercompute.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Monitoring Instances

> View active instances in the Thunder Compute Console. Audit status, IP, and GPU resources of your active cloud compute resources.

export const QuickstartCard = ({ title, icon, href, children, selected }) => {
  const enter = e => { if (selected) return; const el = e.currentTarget; el.style.borderColor = '#555'; el.querySelector('[data-title]').style.color = '#fff'; el.querySelector('[data-sub]').style.opacity = '0.7'; el.querySelector('[data-icon]').style.opacity = '0.7'; };
  const leave = e => { if (selected) return; const el = e.currentTarget; el.style.borderColor = '#333'; el.querySelector('[data-title]').style.color = ''; el.querySelector('[data-sub]').style.opacity = '0.5'; el.querySelector('[data-icon]').style.opacity = '0.35'; };
  return (
  <a href={href} className="group" style={{ textDecoration: 'none', borderBottom: 'none', color: 'inherit', display: 'block', marginBottom: '0.75rem' }}>
    <div className="border rounded-xl p-5 transition-all duration-150 border-zinc-200 dark:border-zinc-800" style={{
      minHeight: '8rem',
      height: '100%',
      borderWidth: '1.5px',
      borderColor: selected ? '#95c5ea' : '#333',
    }} onMouseEnter={enter} onMouseLeave={leave}>
      <div data-icon style={{ marginBottom: '0.75rem', opacity: selected ? 1 : 0.35, transition: 'opacity 0.15s ease' }}>
        <Icon icon={icon} size={24} color="#95c5ea" />
      </div>
      <div data-title style={{ fontWeight: 600, fontSize: '1.05rem', marginBottom: '0.25rem', color: selected ? '#fff' : undefined, transition: 'color 0.15s ease' }}>{title}</div>
      <div data-sub style={{ fontSize: '0.9rem', opacity: selected ? 0.7 : 0.5, transition: 'opacity 0.15s ease' }}>{children}</div>
    </div>
  </a>
  );
};

<Columns cols={3}>
  <QuickstartCard title="VS Code" icon="window" href="/docs/vscode/operations/monitoring-instances">
    Editor extension
  </QuickstartCard>

  <QuickstartCard title="CLI" icon="terminal" href="/docs/cli/operations/monitoring-instances">
    Command line
  </QuickstartCard>

  <QuickstartCard title="Console" icon="browser" href="/docs/console/operations/monitoring-instances" selected={true}>
    Web interface
  </QuickstartCard>
</Columns>

## Dashboard View

Log in to the [console](https://console.thundercompute.com) to see all your instances on the dashboard.

Each instance card shows:

* Status
* GPU configuration
* IP address
* Runtime
* Estimated cost

Select an instance using the checkbox to access management options in the actions bar.

## Instance States

| Status      | Description                                |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `RUNNING`   | Instance is active and ready to use        |
| `CREATING`  | Instance is being provisioned              |
| `RESTORING` | Instance is being restored from a snapshot |
| `DELETING`  | Instance is being removed                  |

## Benchmarking Notes

When measuring performance, use application-level metrics like iterations per second for workload comparisons. Hardware-level metrics such as temperature, wattage, and utilization may vary by GPU configuration.