# How to stop monitoring docker0 network interface

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-stop-monitoring-docker0-network-interface/7013>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 8, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-stop-monitoring-docker0-network-interface/7013 "2025-01-08T04:12:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![CablingOptional](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/cablingoptional/32/4264_2.png) [@CablingOptional](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/CablingOptional)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 4:12am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-stop-monitoring-docker0-network-interface/7013/1 "2025-01-08T04:12:32Z")

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How can I stop monitoring the docker0 interface on one of my devices? Having it monitored is giving me inaccurate throughput numbers, because data ‘received’ from the docker interface is then sent by the physical interface, and vice versa.

Another option would be to allow netdata to monitor docker0, but to not include it in the aggregate network metrics. The intent of the aggregate network metrics is clearly for physical interfaces.

Thanks

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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:** [January 8, 2025, 8:39am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-stop-monitoring-docker0-network-interface/7013/2 "2025-01-08T08:39:44Z")

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Hi, @CablingOptional.

1. Open `netdata.conf`.
2. Go to `[plugin:proc:/proc/net/dev]`
3. Uncomment and add `docker0` to `disable by default interfaces matching`.
4. Restart netdata.

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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:** [January 8, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-stop-monitoring-docker0-network-interface/7013/3 "2025-01-08T08:40:41Z")

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> [@CablingOptional](#):
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> The intent of the aggregate network metrics is clearly for physical interfaces.

Total **Physical** is “Network-\>Total Traffic”.

 ![Screenshot 2025-01-08 at 10.40.15](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/netdata2/original/2X/9/9ab3961f965b846a45c49af6c35fff9f02306727.png)

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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:** [January 8, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/how-to-stop-monitoring-docker0-network-interface/7013/4 "2025-01-08T08:42:13Z")

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Also, you can filter out virtual network interfaces using the “labels” selector. Select interface\_type → real.

 ![Screenshot 2025-01-08 at 10.41.39](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/netdata2/original/2X/2/2111af4730bd25cf2545ce70a954431a5a0ae167.png)