NGINX Plus monitoring with Netdata
NGINX Plus is a software load balancer, API gateway, and reverse proxy built on
top of NGINX.
This module will monitor one or more NGINX Plus servers, depending on your configuration.
Requirements
- NGINX Plus with
configured API.
Metrics
All metrics have "nginxplus." prefix.
Labels per scope:
- global: no labels.
- http server zone: http_server_zone.
- http location zone: http_location_zone.
- http upstream: http_upstream_name, http_upstream_zone.
- http upstream server: http_upstream_name, http_upstream_zone, http_upstream_server_address, http_upstream_server_name.
- http cache: http_cache.
- stream server zone: stream_server_zone.
- stream upstream: stream_upstream_name, stream_upstream_zone.
- stream upstream server: stream_upstream_name, stream_upstream_zone, stream_upstream_server_address,
stream_upstream_server_name.
| Metric |
Scope |
Dimensions |
Units |
| client_connections_rate |
global |
accepted, dropped |
connections/s |
| client_connections_count |
global |
active, idle |
connections |
| ssl_handshakes_rate |
global |
successful, failed |
handshakes/s |
| ssl_session_reuses_rate |
global |
ssl_session |
reuses/s |
| http_requests_rate |
global |
requests |
requests/s |
| http_requests_count |
global |
requests |
requests |
| uptime |
global |
uptime |
seconds |
| http_server_zone_requests_rate |
http server zone |
requests |
requests/s |
| http_server_zone_responses_per_code_class_rate |
http server zone |
1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx |
responses/s |
| http_server_zone_traffic_rate |
http server zone |
received, sent |
bytes/s |
| http_server_zone_requests_processing_count |
http server zone |
processing |
requests |
| http_server_zone_requests_discarded_rate |
http server zone |
discarded |
requests/s |
| http_location_zone_requests_rate |
http location zone |
requests |
requests/s |
| http_location_zone_responses_per_code_class_rate |
http location zone |
1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx |
responses/s |
| http_location_zone_traffic_rate |
http location zone |
received, sent |
bytes/s |
| http_location_zone_requests_discarded_rate |
http location zone |
discarded |
requests/s |
| http_upstream_peers_count |
http upstream |
peers |
peers |
| http_upstream_zombies_count |
http upstream |
zombie |
servers |
| http_upstream_keepalive_count |
http upstream |
keepalive |
connections |
| http_upstream_server_requests_rate |
http upstream server |
requests |
requests/s |
| http_upstream_server_responses_per_code_class_rate |
http upstream server |
1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx |
responses/s |
| http_upstream_server_response_time |
http upstream server |
response |
milliseconds |
| http_upstream_server_response_header_time |
http upstream server |
header |
milliseconds |
| http_upstream_server_traffic_rate |
http upstream server |
received, sent |
bytes/s |
| http_upstream_server_state |
http upstream server |
up, down, draining, unavail, checking, unhealthy |
state |
| http_upstream_server_connections_count |
http upstream server |
active |
connections |
| http_upstream_server_downtime |
http upstream server |
downtime |
seconds |
| http_cache_state |
http cache |
warm, cold |
state |
| http_cache_size |
http cache |
size |
bytes |
| stream_server_zone_connections_rate |
stream server zone |
accepted |
connections/s |
| stream_server_zone_sessions_per_code_class_rate |
stream server zone |
2xx, 4xx, 5xx |
sessions/s |
| stream_server_zone_traffic_rate |
stream server zone |
received, sent |
bytes/s |
| stream_server_zone_connections_processing_count |
stream server zone |
processing |
connections |
| stream_server_zone_connections_discarded_rate |
stream server zone |
discarded |
connections/s |
| stream_upstream_peers_count |
stream upstream |
peers |
peers |
| stream_upstream_zombies_count |
stream upstream |
zombie |
servers |
| stream_upstream_server_connections_rate |
stream upstream server |
forwarded |
connections/s |
| stream_upstream_server_traffic_rate |
stream upstream server |
received, sent |
bytes/s |
| stream_upstream_server_state |
stream upstream server |
up, down, unavail, checking, unhealthy |
state |
| stream_upstream_server_downtime |
stream upstream server |
downtime |
seconds |
| stream_upstream_server_connections_count |
stream upstream server |
active |
connections |
Configuration
Edit the go.d/nginxplus.conf configuration file using edit-config from the
Netdata config directory, which is typically at /etc/netdata.
cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory
sudo ./edit-config go.d/nginxplus.conf
Needs only server's url. Here is an example for local and remote servers:
jobs:
- name: local
url: http://127.0.0.1
- name: remote
url: http://203.0.113.10
For all available options please see
module configuration file.
Troubleshooting
To troubleshoot issues with the nginxplus collector, run the go.d.plugin with the debug option enabled. The output
should give you clues as to why the collector isn't working.
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Navigate to the plugins.d directory, usually at /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/. If that's not the case on
your system, open netdata.conf and look for the plugins setting under [directories].
cd /usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d/
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Switch to the netdata user.
sudo -u netdata -s
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Run the go.d.plugin to debug the collector:
./go.d.plugin -d -m nginxplus