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NGINX Plus

Plugin: go.d.plugin Module: nginxplus

Overview

This collector monitors NGINX Plus servers.

This collector is supported on all platforms.

This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.

Default Behavior

Auto-Detection

This integration doesn’t support auto-detection.

Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.

Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

Setup

Prerequisites

Config API

To configure API, see the official documentation.

Configuration

File

The configuration file name for this integration is go.d/nginxplus.conf.

You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config script from the Netdata config directory.

cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config go.d/nginxplus.conf

Options

The following options can be defined globally: update_every, autodetection_retry.

Name Description Default Required
update_every Data collection frequency. 1 no
autodetection_retry Recheck interval in seconds. Zero means no recheck will be scheduled. 0 no
url Server URL. http://127.0.0.1 yes
timeout HTTP request timeout. 1 no
username Username for basic HTTP authentication. no
password Password for basic HTTP authentication. no
proxy_url Proxy URL. no
proxy_username Username for proxy basic HTTP authentication. no
proxy_password Password for proxy basic HTTP authentication. no
method HTTP request method. GET no
body HTTP request body. no
headers HTTP request headers. no
not_follow_redirects Redirect handling policy. Controls whether the client follows redirects. no no
tls_skip_verify Server certificate chain and hostname validation policy. Controls whether the client performs this check. no no
tls_ca Certification authority that the client uses when verifying the server’s certificates. no
tls_cert Client TLS certificate. no
tls_key Client TLS key. no

Examples

Basic

A basic example configuration.

jobs:
  - name: local
    url: http://127.0.0.1

HTTP authentication

Basic HTTP authentication.

jobs:
  - name: local
    url: http://127.0.0.1
    username: username
    password: password

HTTPS with self-signed certificate

NGINX Plus with enabled HTTPS and self-signed certificate.

jobs:
  - name: local
    url: https://127.0.0.1
    tls_skip_verify: yes

Multi-instance

Note: When you define multiple jobs, their names must be unique.

Collecting metrics from local and remote instances.

jobs:
  - name: local
    url: http://127.0.0.1

  - name: remote
    url: http://192.0.2.1

Metrics

Metrics grouped by scope.

The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.

Per NGINX Plus instance

These metrics refer to the entire monitored application.

This scope has no labels.

Metrics:

Metric Dimensions Unit
nginxplus.client_connections_rate accepted, dropped connections/s
nginxplus.client_connections_count active, idle connections
nginxplus.ssl_handshakes_rate successful, failed handshakes/s
nginxplus.ssl_handshakes_failures_rate no_common_protocol, no_common_cipher, timeout, peer_rejected_cert failures/s
nginxplus.ssl_verification_errors_rate no_cert, expired_cert, revoked_cert, hostname_mismatch, other errors/s
nginxplus.ssl_session_reuses_rate ssl_session reuses/s
nginxplus.http_requests_rate requests requests/s
nginxplus.http_requests_count requests requests
nginxplus.uptime uptime seconds

Per http server zone

These metrics refer to the HTTP server zone.

Labels:

Label Description
http_server_zone HTTP server zone name

Metrics:

Metric Dimensions Unit
nginxplus.http_server_zone_requests_rate requests requests/s
nginxplus.http_server_zone_responses_per_code_class_rate 1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx responses/s
nginxplus.http_server_zone_traffic_rate received, sent bytes/s
nginxplus.http_server_zone_requests_processing_count processing requests
nginxplus.http_server_zone_requests_discarded_rate discarded requests/s

Per http location zone

These metrics refer to the HTTP location zone.

Labels:

Label Description
http_location_zone HTTP location zone name

Metrics:

Metric Dimensions Unit
nginxplus.http_location_zone_requests_rate requests requests/s
nginxplus.http_location_zone_responses_per_code_class_rate 1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx responses/s
nginxplus.http_location_zone_traffic_rate received, sent bytes/s
nginxplus.http_location_zone_requests_discarded_rate discarded requests/s

Per http upstream

These metrics refer to the HTTP upstream.

Labels:

Label Description
http_upstream_name HTTP upstream name
http_upstream_zone HTTP upstream zone name

Metrics:

Metric Dimensions Unit
nginxplus.http_upstream_peers_count peers peers
nginxplus.http_upstream_zombies_count zombie servers
nginxplus.http_upstream_keepalive_count keepalive connections

Per http upstream server

These metrics refer to the HTTP upstream server.

Labels:

Label Description
http_upstream_name HTTP upstream name
http_upstream_zone HTTP upstream zone name
http_upstream_server_address HTTP upstream server address (e.g. 127.0.0.1:81)
http_upstream_server_name HTTP upstream server name

Metrics:

Metric Dimensions Unit
nginxplus.http_upstream_server_requests_rate requests requests/s
nginxplus.http_upstream_server_responses_per_code_class_rate 1xx, 2xx, 3xx, 4xx, 5xx responses/s
nginxplus.http_upstream_server_response_time response milliseconds
nginxplus.http_upstream_server_response_header_time header milliseconds
nginxplus.http_upstream_server_traffic_rate received, sent bytes/s
nginxplus.http_upstream_server_state up, down, draining, unavail, checking, unhealthy state
nginxplus.http_upstream_server_connections_count active connections
nginxplus.http_upstream_server_downtime downtime seconds

Per http cache

These metrics refer to the HTTP cache.

Labels:

Label Description
http_cache HTTP cache name

Metrics:

Metric Dimensions Unit
nginxplus.http_cache_state warm, cold state
nginxplus.http_cache_iops served, written, bypass responses/s
nginxplus.http_cache_io served, written, bypass bytes/s
nginxplus.http_cache_size size bytes

Per stream server zone

These metrics refer to the Stream server zone.

Labels:

Label Description
stream_server_zone Stream server zone name

Metrics:

Metric Dimensions Unit
nginxplus.stream_server_zone_connections_rate accepted connections/s
nginxplus.stream_server_zone_sessions_per_code_class_rate 2xx, 4xx, 5xx sessions/s
nginxplus.stream_server_zone_traffic_rate received, sent bytes/s
nginxplus.stream_server_zone_connections_processing_count processing connections
nginxplus.stream_server_zone_connections_discarded_rate discarded connections/s

Per stream upstream

These metrics refer to the Stream upstream.

Labels:

Label Description
stream_upstream_name Stream upstream name
stream_upstream_zone Stream upstream zone name

Metrics:

Metric Dimensions Unit
nginxplus.stream_upstream_peers_count peers peers
nginxplus.stream_upstream_zombies_count zombie servers

Per stream upstream server

These metrics refer to the Stream upstream server.

Labels:

Label Description
stream_upstream_name Stream upstream name
stream_upstream_zone Stream upstream zone name
stream_upstream_server_address Stream upstream server address (e.g. 127.0.0.1:12346)
stream_upstream_server_name Stream upstream server name

Metrics:

Metric Dimensions Unit
nginxplus.stream_upstream_server_connections_rate forwarded connections/s
nginxplus.stream_upstream_server_traffic_rate received, sent bytes/s
nginxplus.stream_upstream_server_state up, down, unavail, checking, unhealthy state
nginxplus.stream_upstream_server_downtime downtime seconds
nginxplus.stream_upstream_server_connections_count active connections

Per resolver zone

These metrics refer to the resolver zone.

Labels:

Label Description
resolver_zone resolver zone name

Metrics:

Metric Dimensions Unit
nginxplus.resolver_zone_requests_rate name, srv, addr requests/s
nginxplus.resolver_zone_responses_rate noerror, formerr, servfail, nxdomain, notimp, refused, timedout, unknown responses/s

Alerts

There are no alerts configured by default for this integration.

Troubleshooting

Debug Mode

Important: Debug mode is not supported for data collection jobs created via the UI using the Dyncfg feature.

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.

  • 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/
    
  • Switch to the netdata user.

    sudo -u netdata -s
    
  • Run the go.d.plugin to debug the collector:

    ./go.d.plugin -d -m nginxplus
    

Getting Logs

If you’re encountering problems with the nginxplus collector, follow these steps to retrieve logs and identify potential issues:

  • Run the command specific to your system (systemd, non-systemd, or Docker container).
  • Examine the output for any warnings or error messages that might indicate issues. These messages should provide clues about the root cause of the problem.

System with systemd

Use the following command to view logs generated since the last Netdata service restart:

journalctl _SYSTEMD_INVOCATION_ID="$(systemctl show --value --property=InvocationID netdata)" --namespace=netdata --grep nginxplus

System without systemd

Locate the collector log file, typically at /var/log/netdata/collector.log, and use grep to filter for collector’s name:

grep nginxplus /var/log/netdata/collector.log

Note: This method shows logs from all restarts. Focus on the latest entries for troubleshooting current issues.

Docker Container

If your Netdata runs in a Docker container named “netdata” (replace if different), use this command:

docker logs netdata 2>&1 | grep nginxplus

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