Monitoring nginx Server Statistics With rrdtool
This script is very easy to install and configure. You can use following steps to get pretty stats graph for your nginx-powered server:
- Modify your nginx config file and add following location to it:
http {
…
server {
listen SOME.IP.ADD.RESS;
…
location /nginx_status {
stub_status on;
access_log off;
allow SOME.IP.ADD.RESS;
deny all;
}
…
}
…
}
…
server {
listen SOME.IP.ADD.RESS;
…
location /nginx_status {
stub_status on;
access_log off;
allow SOME.IP.ADD.RESS;
deny all;
}
…
}
…
}
* Test your config file with following command:
# /your/installation/sbin/nginx -t
2006/04/29 04:24:36 [info] 31676#0: the configuration file /opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf syntax is ok
2006/04/29 04:24:36 [info] 31676#0: the configuration file /opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf was tested successfully
#
2006/04/29 04:24:36 [info] 31676#0: the configuration file /opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf syntax is ok
2006/04/29 04:24:36 [info] 31676#0: the configuration file /opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf was tested successfully
#
If you will get error about stub_status directive, check your nginx - it should be configured with —-with-http_stub_status_module option.
If your configuration is OK, you can restart nginx and test it:
# GET http://your-domain.com/nginx_status
Active connections: 1492
server accepts handled requests
2124355 2124355 8278635
Reading: 6 Writing: 405 Waiting: 1081
Active connections: 1492
server accepts handled requests
2124355 2124355 8278635
Reading: 6 Writing: 405 Waiting: 1081
Download perl script: rrd_nginx.pl and make it executable with
# chmod +x rrd_nginx.pl
Change settings in rrd_nginx.pl to let script know where it will save rrd-base and images:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use RRDs;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use RRDs;
use LWP::UserAgent;
# define location of rrdtool databases
my $rrd = ‘/opt/rrd’;
# define location of images
my $img = ‘/opt/rrd/html’;
# define your nginx stats URL
my $URL = “http://your-domain.com/nginx_status”;
Last step is to insert following string to /etc/crontab file and to restart cron daemon:
* * * * * root /some/path/rrd_nginx.pl When all preparations will be finished, you get images in your $img directory: ——————— Quoted from blog.kovyrin.net
