NGINX Metrics

To get started first follow the steps below:

• Install
• Root access
• Verify the required port is open

Older versions can be found here 7, 6, 5

The configuration file below is pre-configured to send data to your Logit.io Stack via Logstash.

Copy the configuration file below and overwrite the contents of metricbeat.yml.

###################### Logit.io Metricbeat Configuration #######################
# =========================== Modules configuration ============================

metricbeat.config.modules:
  # Glob pattern for configuration loading
  path: ${path.config}/modules.d/*.yml

  # Set to true to enable config reloading
  reload.enabled: false

  # Period on which files under path should be checked for changes
  #reload.period: 10s
# ======================= Elasticsearch template setting =======================
setup.template.settings:
  index.number_of_shards: 1
  index.codec: best_compression
  #_source.enabled: false

# ================================== Outputs ===================================
# ------------------------------ Logstash Output -------------------------------
<div class="sw-warning">
    <div>
        <img src="/images/source-wizard/warning-triangle.svg">
    </div>
    <div>
       <b>No input available! </b> Your stack is missing the required input for this data source <a href="#" onclick="Intercom('showNewMessage')" class="btn btn-info btn-sm">Talk to support to add the input</a>
    </div>
</div> 

There are several built in metricbeat modules you can use. To enable the NGINX module, run the following:

deb/rpm

metricbeat modules list
metricbeat modules enable nginx

macOS

./metricbeat modules list
./metricbeat modules enable nginx

Windows

PS > .\metricbeat.exe modules enable nginx

Each module has its own configuration file where different metricsets can be enabled / disabled. Locate the configuration file for the NGINX module.

deb/rpm /etc/metricbeat/modules.d/nginx.yml

mac/win ~/<EXTRACTED_ARCHIVE>/modules.d/nginx.yml

By default the stubstatus metricset is disabled. To enable or disable a metric simply comment or uncomment the line out.

- module: nginx
  metricsets:
    - stubstatus
  period: 10s

  # NGINX hosts
  hosts: ["http://127.0.0.1"]

  # Path to server status. Default server-status
  server_status_path: "nginx_status"

  #username: "user"
  #password: "secret"

In order for the status metricset to work and correctly display the dashboard on Kibana, you will need to enable ngx_http_stub_status on your NGINX web server.

Start or restart to apply the configuration changes.

If you don't see data appearing in your Stack after following the steps, visit the Help Centre guide for steps to diagnose no data appearing in your Stack or Chat to support now.

The NGINX metricsets were tested with NGINX 1.9 and are expected to work with all versions >= 1.9.

The NGINX module comes with predefined Kibana dashboards. To view your dashboards for any of your Logit.io stacks, launch Kibana and choose Dashboards.