nginx_plus_api

Nginx Plus API Input Plugin

Nginx Plus is a commercial version of the open source web server Nginx. The use this plugin you will need a license. For more information about the differences between Nginx (F/OSS) and Nginx Plus, click here.

Configuration:

# Read Nginx Plus API advanced status information
[[inputs.nginx_plus_api]]
  ## An array of Nginx API URIs to gather stats.
  urls = ["http://localhost/api"]
  # Nginx API version, default: 3
  # api_version = 3

Migration from Nginx Plus (Status) input plugin

Nginx Plus	Nginx Plus API
nginx_plus_processes	nginx_plus_api_processes
nginx_plus_connections	nginx_plus_api_connections
nginx_plus_ssl	nginx_plus_api_ssl
nginx_plus_requests	nginx_plus_api_http_requests
nginx_plus_zone	nginx_plus_api_http_server_zones
nginx_plus_upstream	nginx_plus_api_http_upstreams
nginx_plus_upstream_peer	nginx_plus_api_http_upstream_peers
nginx_plus_cache	nginx_plus_api_http_caches
nginx_plus_stream_upstream	nginx_plus_api_stream_upstreams
nginx_plus_stream_upstream_peer	nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers
nginx.stream.zone	nginx_plus_api_stream_server_zones

Measurements by API version

Measurement	API version (api_version)
nginx_plus_api_processes	>= 3
nginx_plus_api_connections	>= 3
nginx_plus_api_ssl	>= 3
nginx_plus_api_http_requests	>= 3
nginx_plus_api_http_server_zones	>= 3
nginx_plus_api_http_upstreams	>= 3
nginx_plus_api_http_upstream_peers	>= 3
nginx_plus_api_http_caches	>= 3
nginx_plus_api_stream_upstreams	>= 3
nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers	>= 3
nginx_plus_api_stream_server_zones	>= 3
nginx_plus_api_http_location_zones	>= 5
nginx_plus_api_resolver_zones	>= 5

Measurements & Fields:

• nginx_plus_api_processes
  • respawned
• nginx_plus_api_connections
  • accepted
  • dropped
  • active
  • idle
• nginx_plus_api_ssl
  • handshakes
  • handshakes_failed
  • session_reuses
• nginx_plus_api_http_requests
  • total
  • current
• nginx_plus_api_http_server_zones
  • processing
  • requests
  • responses_1xx
  • responses_2xx
  • responses_3xx
  • responses_4xx
  • responses_5xx
  • responses_total
  • received
  • sent
  • discarded
• nginx_plus_api_http_upstreams
  • keepalive
  • zombies
• nginx_plus_api_http_upstream_peers
  • requests
  • unavail
  • healthchecks_checks
  • header_time
  • state
  • response_time
  • active
  • healthchecks_last_passed
  • weight
  • responses_1xx
  • responses_2xx
  • responses_3xx
  • responses_4xx
  • responses_5xx
  • received
  • healthchecks_fails
  • healthchecks_unhealthy
  • backup
  • responses_total
  • sent
  • fails
  • downtime
• nginx_plus_api_http_caches
  • size
  • max_size
  • cold
  • hit_responses
  • hit_bytes
  • stale_responses
  • stale_bytes
  • updating_responses
  • updating_bytes
  • revalidated_responses
  • revalidated_bytes
  • miss_responses
  • miss_bytes
  • miss_responses_written
  • miss_bytes_written
  • expired_responses
  • expired_bytes
  • expired_responses_written
  • expired_bytes_written
  • bypass_responses
  • bypass_bytes
  • bypass_responses_written
  • bypass_bytes_written
• nginx_plus_api_stream_upstreams
  • zombies
• nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers
  • unavail
  • healthchecks_checks
  • healthchecks_fails
  • healthchecks_unhealthy
  • healthchecks_last_passed
  • response_time
  • state
  • active
  • weight
  • received
  • backup
  • sent
  • fails
  • downtime
• nginx_plus_api_stream_server_zones
  • processing
  • connections
  • received
  • sent
• nginx_plus_api_location_zones
  • requests
  • responses_1xx
  • responses_2xx
  • responses_3xx
  • responses_4xx
  • responses_5xx
  • responses_total
  • received
  • sent
  • discarded
• nginx_plus_api_resolver_zones
  • name
  • srv
  • addr
  • noerror
  • formerr
  • servfail
  • nxdomain
  • notimp
  • refused
  • timedout
  • unknown

Tags:

• nginx_plus_api_processes, nginx_plus_api_connections, nginx_plus_api_ssl, nginx_plus_api_http_requests

  • source
  • port

• nginx_plus_api_http_upstreams, nginx_plus_api_stream_upstreams

  • upstream
  • source
  • port

• nginx_plus_api_http_server_zones, nginx_plus_api_upstream_server_zones, nginx_plus_api_http_location_zones, nginx_plus_api_resolver_zones

  • source
  • port
  • zone

• nginx_plus_api_upstream_peers, nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers

  • id
  • upstream
  • source
  • port
  • upstream_address

• nginx_plus_api_http_caches

  • source
  • port

Example Output:

Using this configuration:

[[inputs.nginx_plus_api]]
  ## An array of Nginx Plus API URIs to gather stats.
  urls = ["http://localhost/api"]

When run with:

./telegraf -config telegraf.conf -input-filter nginx_plus_api -test

It produces:

> nginx_plus_api_processes,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com respawned=0i 1570696321000000000
> nginx_plus_api_connections,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com accepted=68998606i,active=7i,dropped=0i,idle=57i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_ssl,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com handshakes=9398978i,handshakes_failed=289353i,session_reuses=1004389i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_requests,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com current=51i,total=264649353i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_server_zones,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=hg.nginx.org discarded=5i,processing=0i,received=24123604i,requests=60138i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=59353i,responses_3xx=531i,responses_4xx=249i,responses_5xx=0i,responses_total=60133i,sent=830165221i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_server_zones,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=trac.nginx.org discarded=250i,processing=0i,received=2184618i,requests=12404i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=8579i,responses_3xx=2513i,responses_4xx=583i,responses_5xx=479i,responses_total=12154i,sent=139384159i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_server_zones,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=lxr.nginx.org discarded=1i,processing=0i,received=1011701i,requests=4523i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=4332i,responses_3xx=28i,responses_4xx=39i,responses_5xx=123i,responses_total=4522i,sent=72631354i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_upstreams,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=trac-backend keepalive=0i,zombies=0i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_upstream_peers,id=0,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=trac-backend,upstream_address=10.0.0.1:8080 active=0i,backup=false,downtime=0i,fails=0i,header_time=235i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=88581178i,requests=3180i,response_time=235i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=3168i,responses_3xx=5i,responses_4xx=6i,responses_5xx=0i,responses_total=3179i,sent=1321720i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_upstream_peers,id=1,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=trac-backend,upstream_address=10.0.0.1:8081 active=0i,backup=true,downtime=0i,fails=0i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=0i,requests=0i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=0i,responses_3xx=0i,responses_4xx=0i,responses_5xx=0i,responses_total=0i,sent=0i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_upstreams,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=hg-backend keepalive=0i,zombies=0i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_upstream_peers,id=0,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=hg-backend,upstream_address=10.0.0.1:8088 active=0i,backup=false,downtime=0i,fails=0i,header_time=22i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=909402572i,requests=18514i,response_time=88i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=17799i,responses_3xx=531i,responses_4xx=179i,responses_5xx=0i,responses_total=18509i,sent=10608107i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=5i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_upstream_peers,id=1,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=hg-backend,upstream_address=10.0.0.1:8089 active=0i,backup=true,downtime=0i,fails=0i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=0i,requests=0i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=0i,responses_3xx=0i,responses_4xx=0i,responses_5xx=0i,responses_total=0i,sent=0i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_upstreams,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=lxr-backend keepalive=0i,zombies=0i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_upstream_peers,id=0,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=lxr-backend,upstream_address=unix:/tmp/cgi.sock active=0i,backup=false,downtime=0i,fails=123i,header_time=91i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=71782888i,requests=4354i,response_time=91i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=4230i,responses_3xx=0i,responses_4xx=0i,responses_5xx=0i,responses_total=4230i,sent=3088656i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_upstream_peers,id=1,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=lxr-backend,upstream_address=unix:/tmp/cgib.sock active=0i,backup=true,downtime=0i,fails=0i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,max_conns=42i,received=0i,requests=0i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=0i,responses_3xx=0i,responses_4xx=0i,responses_5xx=0i,responses_total=0i,sent=0i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_upstreams,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=demo-backend keepalive=0i,zombies=0i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_upstream_peers,id=0,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=demo-backend,upstream_address=10.0.0.2:15431 active=0i,backup=false,downtime=0i,fails=0i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=0i,requests=0i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=0i,responses_3xx=0i,responses_4xx=0i,responses_5xx=0i,responses_total=0i,sent=0i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696322000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_caches,cache=http_cache,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com bypass_bytes=0i,bypass_bytes_written=0i,bypass_responses=0i,bypass_responses_written=0i,cold=false,expired_bytes=381518640i,expired_bytes_written=363449785i,expired_responses=42114i,expired_responses_written=39954i,hit_bytes=6321885979i,hit_responses=596730i,max_size=536870912i,miss_bytes=48512185i,miss_bytes_written=155600i,miss_responses=6052i,miss_responses_written=136i,revalidated_bytes=0i,revalidated_responses=0i,size=765952i,stale_bytes=0i,stale_responses=0i,updating_bytes=0i,updating_responses=0i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_server_zones,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=postgresql_loadbalancer connections=0i,processing=0i,received=0i,sent=0i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_server_zones,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=dns_loadbalancer connections=0i,processing=0i,received=0i,sent=0i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_upstreams,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=postgresql_backends zombies=0i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers,id=0,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=postgresql_backends,upstream_address=10.0.0.2:15432 active=0i,backup=false,connections=0i,downtime=0i,fails=0i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=0i,sent=0i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers,id=1,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=postgresql_backends,upstream_address=10.0.0.2:15433 active=0i,backup=false,connections=0i,downtime=0i,fails=0i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=0i,sent=0i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers,id=2,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=postgresql_backends,upstream_address=10.0.0.2:15434 active=0i,backup=false,connections=0i,downtime=0i,fails=0i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=0i,sent=0i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers,id=3,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=postgresql_backends,upstream_address=10.0.0.2:15435 active=0i,backup=false,connections=0i,downtime=0i,fails=0i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=0i,sent=0i,state="down",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_upstreams,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=dns_udp_backends zombies=0i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers,id=0,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=dns_udp_backends,upstream_address=10.0.0.5:53 active=0i,backup=false,connections=0i,downtime=0i,fails=0i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=0i,sent=0i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=2i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers,id=1,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=dns_udp_backends,upstream_address=10.0.0.2:53 active=0i,backup=false,connections=0i,downtime=0i,fails=0i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=0i,sent=0i,state="up",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers,id=2,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=dns_udp_backends,upstream_address=10.0.0.7:53 active=0i,backup=false,connections=0i,downtime=0i,fails=0i,healthchecks_checks=0i,healthchecks_fails=0i,healthchecks_unhealthy=0i,received=0i,sent=0i,state="down",unavail=0i,weight=1i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_stream_upstreams,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,upstream=unused_tcp_backends zombies=0i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_location_zones,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=swagger discarded=0i,received=1622i,requests=8i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=7i,responses_3xx=0i,responses_4xx=1i,responses_5xx=0i,responses_total=8i,sent=638333i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_http_location_zones,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=api-calls discarded=64i,received=337530181i,requests=1726513i,responses_1xx=0i,responses_2xx=1726428i,responses_3xx=0i,responses_4xx=21i,responses_5xx=0i,responses_total=1726449i,sent=1902577668i 1570696323000000000
> nginx_plus_api_resolver_zones,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=resolver1 addr=0i,formerr=0i,name=0i,noerror=0i,notimp=0i,nxdomain=0i,refused=0i,servfail=0i,srv=0i,timedout=0i,unknown=0i 1570696324000000000

Reference material

api documentation