# Add metrics (network usage() to container (docker) through cgroups.plugin?

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/add-metrics-network-usage-to-container-docker-through-cgroups-plugin/3384>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 14, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/add-metrics-network-usage-to-container-docker-through-cgroups-plugin/3384 "2022-10-14T08:43:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![jnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@jnz](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/jnz)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:43am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/add-metrics-network-usage-to-container-docker-through-cgroups-plugin/3384/1 "2022-10-14T08:43:53Z")

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I have recently installed the latest netdata docker container on a linux server and its working well.  
I am running a few containers on it which are picked up automatically. I can view each one but the dashboard only shows the cpu and mem for each docker container.

Ive gone through the docs , but I cant see how to extend the cgroups plugin/config to add in networking for each docker app.

What I am looking to do is get the total send/receive per container similar to what is shown on a per network interface, so I can determine what share of network is being consumed by each container. Is this possible? is it just a config change or is there a reason why this dimension is not automatically added to each chart per container?

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**Author:** ![ilyam8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/ilyam8/32/134_2.png) [@ilyam8](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/ilyam8)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/add-metrics-network-usage-to-container-docker-through-cgroups-plugin/3384/2 "2022-10-14T10:00:08Z")

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Hi, @jnz. Check [Docker container network interfaces monitoring](https://learn.netdata.cloud/docs/agent/packaging/docker#docker-container-network-interfaces-monitoring)

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**Author:** ![jnz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@jnz](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/jnz)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/add-metrics-network-usage-to-container-docker-through-cgroups-plugin/3384/3 "2022-10-14T10:39:40Z")

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thanks @ilyam8. That did the trick. I can now see network traffic for containers running in bridge mode. 👍