pack-nginx

Shinken configuration pack for Nginx status check.

it use the nginx module HttpStubStatusModule
to check a nginx server load.

it provide:

• number of active Connections
• number of Connections by state (reading, waiting or writing)
• number of request/s
• number of Connections/s
• number of request/Connections

shipped with a graphite template and the check_nginx_status.pl script.

nginx configuration

inside your server {} block, add a location /nginx_status

location /nginx_status {
      stub_status on;
      access_log   off;
      allow 1.1.1.1;  # fix your ip range ie: 172.31.0.0/16 or 192.168.1.0/24
      deny all;
}

shinken configuration

add to your host the nginx template

define host{
    use                     ... ,nginx
    ...
    # facultative config.


}

credit

this pack is in fact just the formalisation of the script proposed by sysNove in
https://www.sysnove.fr/blog/2014/02/supervision-nginx-shinken.html