# Stackdriver Monitoring

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Stackdriver Monitoring provides visibility into the performance, uptime, and overall health of cloud-powered applications.

For more information, see [cloud.google.com](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/).

* [Homepage](http://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-php)
* [API documentation](http://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-php/#/docs/cloud-monitoring/latest/monitoring/readme)

If it is not already installed, you will also require the gRPC extension. For installation instructions, [see here](https://cloud.google.com/php/grpc).

NOTE: In addition to the gRPC extension, we recommend installing the protobuf extension for improved performance. For installation instructions, [see here](https://cloud.google.com/php/grpc#install_the_protobuf_runtime_library).

## Installation

```
$ composer require google/cloud-monitoring
```
