Nginx module
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This module periodically fetches metrics from Nginx servers.
The default metricset is stubstatus.
The Nginx metricsets were tested with Nginx 1.23.2 and are expected to work with all version >= 1.9.
The nginx module comes with a predefined dashboard. For example:
The Nginx module supports the standard configuration options that are described in Modules. Here is an example configuration:
metricbeat.modules:
- module: nginx
metricsets: ["stubstatus"]
enabled: true
period: 10s
# Nginx hosts
hosts: ["http://127.0.0.1"]
# Path to server status. Default nginx_status
server_status_path: "nginx_status"
This module supports TLS connections when using ssl config field, as described in SSL. It also supports the options described in Standard HTTP config options.
The following metricsets are available: