Collect nginx logs and metrics with a hybrid standalone Elastic Agent

Follow this guide to learn how to configure a standalone Elastic Agent on a Linux host to collect:

• nginx logs with Elastic's Nginx integration, based on the Elastic Common Schema (ECS)
• nginx metrics with Elastic's NGINX OpenTelemetry Input Package, which uses the nginxreceiver OpenTelemetry (OTel) Collector receiver

The nginxreceiver OTel Collector receiver needs an endpoint that exposes nginx status metrics.

1. Make sure the ngx_http_stub_status_module module is enabled.

2. In your nginx configuration file (for example, /etc/nginx/nginx.conf), add or modify the location block in the server { ... } block with the following:

   location = /status {
     stub_status;
   }
   		

3. Save the configuration and restart nginx:

   sudo systemctl restart nginx
   		

4. Verify that the endpoint is active:

   curl http://localhost:80/status
   		

   1. Replace the port number with the port specified in the listen directive in the nginx configuration.

   If the endpoint returns data, you are ready to set up Elastic Agent.

For more details, refer to Configuring NGINX for Metric Collection.

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After you apply the policy changes, validate both the ECS-based logs and the OTel-based metrics.

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