diff --git a/pkg/dbsql/metrics.go b/pkg/dbsql/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85d6389
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/dbsql/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// Copyright © 2026 Kaleido, Inc.
+//
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package dbsql
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"database/sql"
+
+	"github.com/hyperledger/firefly-common/pkg/metric"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors"
+)
+
+type metricsOptions struct {
+	dbName string
+}
+
+func (opts *metricsOptions) apply(options ...MetricsOption) {
+	for _, option := range options {
+		option(opts)
+	}
+}
+
+type MetricsOption func(opts *metricsOptions)
+
+// WithDBName sets the name of the database label for the metrics collector.
+func WithDBName(dbName string) MetricsOption {
+	return func(opts *metricsOptions) {
+		opts.dbName = dbName
+	}
+}
+
+// EnableDBMetrics registers a prometheus collector for the given database connection.
+func EnableDBMetrics(_ context.Context, metricsRegistry metric.MetricsRegistry, db *sql.DB, options ...MetricsOption) {
+	opts := &metricsOptions{}
+	opts.apply(options...)
+
+	if opts.dbName == "" {
+		opts.dbName = "default"
+	}
+
+	metricsRegistry.MustRegisterCollector(collectors.NewDBStatsCollector(db, opts.dbName))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/ffapi/apiserver.go b/pkg/ffapi/apiserver.go
index c800436..1e0d4cd 100644
--- a/pkg/ffapi/apiserver.go
+++ b/pkg/ffapi/apiserver.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright © 2025 Kaleido, Inc.
+// Copyright © 2026 Kaleido, Inc.
 //
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/collectors"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ type apiServer[T any] struct {
 	alwaysPaginate            bool
 	handleYAML                bool
 	monitoringEnabled         bool
+	goProcessMetricsEnabled   bool
 	metricsPath               string
 	livenessPath              string
 	loggingPath               string
@@ -116,15 +118,17 @@ func NewAPIServer[T any](ctx context.Context, options APIServerOptions[T]) APISe
 	}
 
 	as := &apiServer[T]{
-		defaultFilterLimit:        options.APIConfig.GetUint64(ConfAPIDefaultFilterLimit),
-		maxFilterLimit:            options.APIConfig.GetUint64(ConfAPIMaxFilterLimit),
-		maxFilterSkip:             options.APIConfig.GetUint64(ConfAPIMaxFilterSkip),
-		requestTimeout:            options.APIConfig.GetDuration(ConfAPIRequestTimeout),
-		requestMaxTimeout:         options.APIConfig.GetDuration(ConfAPIRequestMaxTimeout),
-		monitoringEnabled:         options.MonitoringConfig.GetBool(ConfMonitoringServerEnabled),
-		metricsPath:               options.MonitoringConfig.GetString(ConfMonitoringServerMetricsPath),
-		livenessPath:              options.MonitoringConfig.GetString(ConfMonitoringServerLivenessPath),
-		loggingPath:               options.MonitoringConfig.GetString(ConfMonitoringServerLoggingPath),
+		defaultFilterLimit:      options.APIConfig.GetUint64(ConfAPIDefaultFilterLimit),
+		maxFilterLimit:          options.APIConfig.GetUint64(ConfAPIMaxFilterLimit),
+		maxFilterSkip:           options.APIConfig.GetUint64(ConfAPIMaxFilterSkip),
+		requestTimeout:          options.APIConfig.GetDuration(ConfAPIRequestTimeout),
+		requestMaxTimeout:       options.APIConfig.GetDuration(ConfAPIRequestMaxTimeout),
+		monitoringEnabled:       options.MonitoringConfig.GetBool(ConfMonitoringServerEnabled),
+		goProcessMetricsEnabled: options.MonitoringConfig.GetBool(ConfMonitoringGoProcessMetricsEnabled),
+		metricsPath:             options.MonitoringConfig.GetString(ConfMonitoringServerMetricsPath),
+		livenessPath:            options.MonitoringConfig.GetString(ConfMonitoringServerLivenessPath),
+		loggingPath:             options.MonitoringConfig.GetString(ConfMonitoringServerLoggingPath),
+
 		alwaysPaginate:            options.APIConfig.GetBool(ConfAPIAlwaysPaginate),
 		handleYAML:                options.HandleYAML,
 		apiDynamicPublicURLHeader: options.APIConfig.GetString(ConfAPIDynamicPublicURLHeader),
@@ -306,6 +310,11 @@ func (as *apiServer[T]) createMuxRouter(ctx context.Context) (*mux.Router, error
 	}
 
 	if as.monitoringEnabled {
+		if as.goProcessMetricsEnabled {
+			as.MetricsRegistry.MustRegisterCollector(collectors.NewProcessCollector(collectors.ProcessCollectorOpts{}))
+			as.MetricsRegistry.MustRegisterCollector(collectors.NewGoCollector())
+		}
+		as.MetricsRegistry.MustRegisterCollector(collectors.NewBuildInfoCollector())
 		h, _ := as.MetricsRegistry.GetHTTPMetricsInstrumentationsMiddlewareForSubsystem(ctx, as.metricsSubsystemName())
 		r.Use(h)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/ffapi/apiserver_config.go b/pkg/ffapi/apiserver_config.go
index 2d374c4..65ec1d7 100644
--- a/pkg/ffapi/apiserver_config.go
+++ b/pkg/ffapi/apiserver_config.go
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	ConfMonitoringServerEnabled      = "enabled"
-	ConfMonitoringServerMetricsPath  = "metricsPath"
-	ConfMonitoringServerLivenessPath = "livenessPath"
-	ConfMonitoringServerLoggingPath  = "loggingPath"
+	ConfMonitoringServerEnabled           = "enabled"
+	ConfMonitoringServerMetricsPath       = "metricsPath"
+	ConfMonitoringServerLivenessPath      = "livenessPath"
+	ConfMonitoringServerLoggingPath       = "loggingPath"
+	ConfMonitoringGoProcessMetricsEnabled = "goProcessMetricsEnabled"
 
 	ConfAPIDefaultFilterLimit     = "defaultFilterLimit"
 	ConfAPIMaxFilterLimit         = "maxFilterLimit"
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ func InitAPIServerConfig(apiConfig, monitoringConfig, corsConfig config.Section)
 
 	httpserver.InitHTTPConfig(monitoringConfig, 6000)
 	monitoringConfig.AddKnownKey(ConfMonitoringServerEnabled, true)
+	monitoringConfig.AddKnownKey(ConfMonitoringGoProcessMetricsEnabled, false)
 	monitoringConfig.AddKnownKey(ConfMonitoringServerMetricsPath, "/metrics")
 	monitoringConfig.AddKnownKey(ConfMonitoringServerLivenessPath, "/livez")
 	monitoringConfig.AddKnownKey(ConfMonitoringServerLoggingPath, "/logging")