# New to Netdata-Is it possible to create metrics on a specific UDP port?

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**Created:** [January 27, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/new-to-netdata-is-it-possible-to-create-metrics-on-a-specific-udp-port/3805 "2023-01-27T14:59:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/new-to-netdata-is-it-possible-to-create-metrics-on-a-specific-udp-port/3805/1 "2023-01-27T14:59:18Z")

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Is it possible to monitor and create a metric on a specific UDP port? I want to monitor how much traffic my devices are seeing and having to process on a port - this will help me determine if a rogue device is overloading the network or if something is misconfigured.\

Thanks!