NGINX Exporter Metrics
NGINX Exporter Metrics input plugin scrapes metrics from the NGINX stub status handler.
The plugin supports the following configuration parameters:
Key | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
Host | Name of the target host or IP address to check. | localhost |
Port | Port of the target nginx service to connect to. | 80 |
Status_URL | The URL of the Stub Status Handler. | /status |
Nginx_Plus | Turn on NGINX plus mode. | true |
NGINX must be configured with a location that invokes the stub status handler. Here is an example configuration with such a location:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name localhost;
location / {
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
index index.html index.htm;
}
// configure the stub status handler.
location /status {
stub_status;
}
}
A much more powerful and flexible metrics API is available with NGINX Plus. A path needs to be configured in NGINX Plus first.
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name localhost;
# enable /api/ location with appropriate access control in order
# to make use of NGINX Plus API
#
location /api/ {
api write=on;
# configure to allow requests from the server running fluent-bit
allow 192.168.1.*;
deny all;
}
}
From the command line you can let Fluent Bit generate the checks with the following options:
$ fluent-bit -i nginx_metrics -p host=127.0.0.1 -p port=80 -p status_url=/status -p nginx_plus=off -o stdout
To gather metrics from the command line with the NGINX Plus REST API we need to turn on the nginx_plus property, like so:
$ fluent-bit -i nginx_metrics -p host=127.0.0.1 -p port=80 -p nginx_plus=on -p status_url=/api -o stdout
In your main configuration file append the following Input & Output sections:
[INPUT]
Name nginx_metrics
Host 127.0.0.1
Port 80
Status_URL /status
Nginx_Plus off
[OUTPUT]
Name stdout
Match *
And for NGINX Plus API:
[INPUT]
Name nginx_metrics
Nginx_Plus on
Host 127.0.0.1
Port 80
Status_URL /api
[OUTPUT]
Name stdout
Match *
You can quickly test against the NGINX server running on localhost by invoking it directly from the command line:
$ fluent-bit -i nginx_metrics -p host=127.0.0.1 -p nginx_plus=off -o stdout -p match=* -f 1
Fluent Bit v2.x.x
* Copyright (C) 2019-2020 The Fluent Bit Authors
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* Fluent Bit is a CNCF sub-project under the umbrella of Fluentd
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2021-10-14T19:37:37.228691854Z nginx_connections_accepted = 788253884
2021-10-14T19:37:37.228691854Z nginx_connections_handled = 788253884
2021-10-14T19:37:37.228691854Z nginx_http_requests_total = 42045501
2021-10-14T19:37:37.228691854Z nginx_connections_active = 2009
2021-10-14T19:37:37.228691854Z nginx_connections_reading = 0
2021-10-14T19:37:37.228691854Z nginx_connections_writing = 1
2021-10-14T19:37:37.228691854Z nginx_connections_waiting = 2008
2021-10-14T19:37:35.229919621Z nginx_up = 1
This documentation is copied from the nginx prometheus exporter metrics documentation: [https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-prometheus-exporter/blob/master/README.md].
Name | Type | Description | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|
nginx_up | Gauge | Shows the status of the last metric scrape: 1 for a successful scrape and 0 for a failed one | [] |
Name | Type | Description | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|
nginx_connections_accepted | Counter | Accepted client connections. | [] |
nginx_connections_active | Gauge | Active client connections. | [] |
nginx_connections_handled | Counter | Handled client connections. | [] |
nginx_connections_reading | Gauge | Connections where NGINX is reading the request header. | [] |
nginx_connections_waiting | Gauge | Idle client connections. | [] |
nginx_connections_writing | Gauge | Connections where NGINX is writing the response back to the client. | [] |
nginx_http_requests_total | Counter | Total http requests. | [] |
Name | Type | Description | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|
nginxplus_connections_accepted | Counter | Accepted client connections | [] |
nginxplus_connections_active | Gauge | Active client connections | [] |
nginxplus_connections_dropped | Counter | Dropped client connections dropped | [] |
nginxplus_connections_idle | Gauge | Idle client connections | [] |
Name | Type | Description | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|
nginxplus_http_requests_total | Counter | Total http requests | [] |
nginxplus_http_requests_current | Gauge | Current http requests | [] |
Name | Type | Description | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|
nginxplus_ssl_handshakes | Counter | Successful SSL handshakes | [] |
nginxplus_ssl_handshakes_failed | Counter | Failed SSL handshakes | [] |
nginxplus_ssl_session_reuses | Counter | Session reuses during SSL handshake | [] |
Name | Type | Description | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|
nginxplus_server_zone_processing | Gauge | Client requests that are currently being processed | server_zone |
nginxplus_server_zone_requests | Counter | Total client requests | server_zone |
nginxplus_server_zone_responses | Counter | Total responses sent to clients | code (the response status code. The values are: 1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx and 5xx), server_zone |
nginxplus_server_zone_discarded | Counter | Requests completed without sending a response | server_zone |
nginxplus_server_zone_received | Counter | Bytes received from clients | server_zone |
nginxplus_server_zone_sent | Counter | Bytes sent to clients | server_zone |
Name | Type | Description | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|
nginxplus_stream_server_zone_processing | Gauge | Client connections that are currently being processed | server_zone |
nginxplus_stream_server_zone_connections | Counter | Total connections | server_zone |
nginxplus_stream_server_zone_sessions | Counter | Total sessions completed | code (the response status code. The values are: 2xx, 4xx, and 5xx), server_zone |
nginxplus_stream_server_zone_discarded | Counter | Connections completed without creating a session | server_zone |
nginxplus_stream_server_zone_received | Counter | Bytes received from clients | server_zone |
nginxplus_stream_server_zone_sent | Counter | Bytes sent to clients | server_zone |
Note: for thestatemetric, the string values are converted to float64 using the following rule:"up"->1.0,"draining"->2.0,"down"->3.0,"unavail"–>4.0,"checking"–>5.0,"unhealthy"->6.0.
Name | Type | Description | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|
nginxplus_upstream_server_state | Gauge | Current state | server, upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_server_active | Gauge | Active connections | server, upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_server_limit | Gauge | Limit for connections which corresponds to the max_conns parameter of the upstream server. Zero value means there is no limit | server, upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_server_requests | Counter | Total client requests | server, upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_server_responses | Counter | Total responses sent to clients | code (the response status code. The values are: 1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx and 5xx), server, upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_server_sent | Counter | Bytes sent to this server | server, upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_server_received | Counter | Bytes received to this server | server, upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_server_fails | Counter | Number of unsuccessful attempts to communicate with the server | server, upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_server_unavail | Counter | How many times the server became unavailable for client requests (state 'unavail') due to the number of unsuccessful attempts reaching the max_fails threshold | server, upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_server_header_time | Gauge | Average time to get the response header from the server | server, upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_server_response_time | Gauge | Average time to get the full response from the server | server, upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_keepalives | Gauge | Idle keepalive connections | upstream |
nginxplus_upstream_zombies | Gauge | Servers removed from the group but still processing active client requests | upstream |
Note: for thestatemetric, the string values are converted to float64 using the following rule:"up"->1.0,"down"->3.0,"unavail"–>4.0,"checking"–>5.0,"unhealthy"->6.0.
Name | Type | Description | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|
nginxplus_stream_upstream_server_state | Gauge | Current state | server, upstream |
nginxplus_stream_upstream_server_active | Gauge | Active connections | server , upstream |
nginxplus_stream_upstream_server_limit | Gauge | Limit for connections which corresponds to the max_conns parameter of the upstream server. Zero value means there is no limit | server , upstream |
nginxplus_stream_upstream_server_connections | Counter | Total number of client connections forwarded to this server | server, upstream |
nginxplus_stream_upstream_server_connect_time | Gauge | Average time to connect to the upstream server | server, upstream |
nginxplus_stream_upstream_server_first_byte_time | Gauge | Average time to receive the first byte of data | server, upstream |
nginxplus_stream_upstream_server_response_time | Gauge | Average time to receive the last byte of data | server, upstream |
nginxplus_stream_upstream_server_sent | Counter | Bytes sent to this server | server, upstream |
nginxplus_stream_upstream_server_received | Counter | Bytes received from this server | server, upstream |
nginxplus_stream_upstream_server_fails | Counter | Number of unsuccessful attempts to communicate with the server | server, upstream |
nginxplus_stream_upstream_server_unavail | Counter | How many times the server became unavailable for client connections (state 'unavail') due to the number of unsuccessful attempts reaching the max_fails threshold | server, upstream |
nginxplus_stream_upstream_zombies | Gauge | Servers removed from the group but still processing active client connections | upstream |
Name | Type | Description | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|
nginxplus_location_zone_requests | Counter | Total client requests | location_zone |
nginxplus_location_zone_responses | Counter | Total responses sent to clients | code (the response status code. The values are: 1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx and 5xx), location_zone |
nginxplus_location_zone_discarded | Counter | Requests completed without sending a response | location_zone |
nginxplus_location_zone_received | Counter | Bytes received from clients | location_zone |
nginxplus_location_zone_sent | Counter | Bytes sent to clients | location_zone |
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