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How do I monitor NGINX requests?

How do I monitor NGINX requests?

Although open source NGINX does not make error rates immediately available for monitoring, there are at least two ways to capture that information:

  1. Use the expanded status module available with commercially supported NGINX Plus.
  2. Configure NGINX’s log module to write response codes in access log.

How many requests per second can NGINX handle?

Generally, properly configured nginx can handle up to 400K to 500K requests per second (clustered), most what i saw is 50K to 80K (non-clustered) requests per second and 30% CPU load, course, this was 2 x Intel Xeon with HyperThreading enabled, but it can work without problem on slower machines.

What is Status_zone in NGINX?

A shared memory zone stores configuration and runtime state information referenced by NGINX worker processes. To make HTTP and TCP server to appear in statistics, specify the status_zone directive. The same zone name can be specified more than once for many server blocks.

How do I open NGINX dashboard?

The NGINX Plus dashboard is available immediately at http://nginx-plus-server-address:8080/ (or the alternate port number you configure in Changing the Port for the Dashboard).

How do I monitor NGINX access log?

Enable NGINX access and error log Enable access logs in NGINX to monitor real-time traffic. To do that, edit the Nginx configuration file and add the following access_log directive. It is also possible that there is not enough information logged to the error log.

How do I monitor NGINX with Zabbix?

Tutorial Zabbix – Nginx server Installation

  1. Install the Nginx server.
  2. Verify if the Nginx http_stub_status module was installed.
  3. Edit the Nginx default configuration file.
  4. Here is the original file, before our configuration.
  5. Here is the file with our configuration.
  6. Restart the Nginx service.

What is good request per second?

Average 200-300 connections per second.

Is NGINX amplify free?

NGINX Amplify is a SaaS monitoring tool for NGINX and underlying system components. NGINX Amplify is free to use for up to five monitored servers.

Does NGINX have a GUI?

Using its intuitive wizard‑style GUI, you can configure all of your NGINX Plus instances. You can also build custom dashboards to track the metrics that are most important to you.

How do I access NGINX UI?

Configure nginx

  1. Add above nginx conf to your /etc/nginx/my.conf file.
  2. Run nginx -t to make sure, that your config is valid.
  3. Run systemctl restart nginx (or equivalent) to restart your nginx and apply the new settings.
  4. Your nginx ui is now accessible at nginx.mydomain.com and will correctly prompt for basic auth.

Is there a GUI for NGINX?

NGINX Plus includes a built‑in dashboard with detailed monitoring metrics, built on the NGINX Plus API. Using its intuitive wizard‑style GUI, you can configure all of your NGINX Plus instances.

How to monitor Nginx server?

How to Monitor NGINX server Prerequisites. You have already installed NGINX in your server by following our tutorial from here. Enable NGINX access and error log. Enable access logs in NGINX to monitor real-time traffic. Enable Nginx Status Page. Monitor NGINX with Amplify. Monitor NGINX logs with ngxtop. Use Log Analytics Service. Summary.

Is Nginx a virus?

Nginx Virus is considered to be a virus, a type of malware that is designed to create havoc in your computer. A Nginx Virus infection can be as harmless as showing annoying messages on your screen, or as vicious as disabling your computer altogether.

What does the Nginx server do?

Nginx (pronounced “engine X”, /ˌɛndʒɪnˈɛks/ EN-jin-EKS) (stylized as NGINX or nginx or NginX) is a web server which can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache. The software was created by Igor Sysoev and first publicly released in 2004.

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