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  • Telegraf v1.9.0+

Nginx Plus API Input Plugin

This plugin gathers metrics from the commercial Nginx Plus web server via the REST API.

Using this plugin requires a license.

For more information about differences between Nginx (F/OSS) and Nginx Plus, see the Nginx documentation.

Introduced in: Telegraf v1.9.0 Tags: server, web OS support: all

Global configuration options

In addition to the plugin-specific configuration settings, plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings. These settings are used to modify metrics, tags, and field or create aliases and configure ordering, etc. See the CONFIGURATION.md for more details.

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

  # HTTP response timeout (default: 5s)
  response_timeout = "5s"

  ## Optional TLS Config
  # tls_ca = "/etc/telegraf/ca.pem"
  # tls_cert = "/etc/telegraf/cert.pem"
  # tls_key = "/etc/telegraf/key.pem"
  ## Use TLS but skip chain & host verification
  # insecure_skip_verify = false

Migration from Nginx Plus (Status) input plugin

Nginx PlusNginx Plus API
nginx_plus_processesnginx_plus_api_processes
nginx_plus_connectionsnginx_plus_api_connections
nginx_plus_sslnginx_plus_api_ssl
nginx_plus_requestsnginx_plus_api_http_requests
nginx_plus_zonenginx_plus_api_http_server_zones
nginx_plus_upstreamnginx_plus_api_http_upstreams
nginx_plus_upstream_peernginx_plus_api_http_upstream_peers
nginx_plus_cachenginx_plus_api_http_caches
nginx_plus_stream_upstreamnginx_plus_api_stream_upstreams
nginx_plus_stream_upstream_peernginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers
nginx.stream.zonenginx_plus_api_stream_server_zones

Measurements by API version

MeasurementAPI version (api_version)
nginx_plus_api_processes>= 3
nginx_plus_api_connections>= 3
nginx_plus_api_ssl>= 3
nginx_plus_api_slabs_pages>= 3
nginx_plus_api_slabs_slots>= 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
nginx_plus_api_http_limit_reqs>= 6

Metrics

  • nginx_plus_api_processes
    • respawned
  • nginx_plus_api_connections
    • accepted
    • dropped
    • active
    • idle
  • nginx_plus_api_slabs_pages
    • used
    • free
  • nginx_plus_api_slabs_slots
    • used
    • free
    • reqs
    • fails
  • 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
  • nginx_plus_api_http_limit_reqs
    • passed
    • delayed
    • rejected
    • delayed_dry_run
    • rejected_dry_run

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, nginx_plus_api_slabs_pages

    • source
    • port
    • zone

  • nginx_plus_api_slabs_slots

    • source
    • port
    • zone
    • slot

  • nginx_plus_api_upstream_peers, nginx_plus_api_stream_upstream_peers

    • id
    • upstream
    • source
    • port
    • upstream_address

  • nginx_plus_api_http_caches

    • source
    • port

  • nginx_plus_api_http_limit_reqs

    • source
    • port
    • limit

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_slabs_pages,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=hg.nginx.org used=1i,free=503i 1570696322000000000
nginx_plus_api_slabs_pages,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=trac.nginx.org used=3i,free=500i 1570696322000000000
nginx_plus_api_slabs_slots,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=hg.nginx.org,slot=8 used=1i,free=503i,reqs=10i,fails=0i 1570696322000000000
nginx_plus_api_slabs_slots,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=hg.nginx.org,slot=16 used=3i,free=500i,reqs=1024i,fails=0i 1570696322000000000
nginx_plus_api_slabs_slots,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=trac.nginx.org,slot=8 used=1i,free=503i,reqs=10i,fails=0i 1570696322000000000
nginx_plus_api_slabs_slots,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,zone=trac.nginx.org,slot=16 used=0i,free=1520i,reqs=0i,fails=1i 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
nginx_plus_api_http_limit_reqs,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,limit=limit_1 delayed=0i,delayed_dry_run=0i,passed=6i,rejected=9i,rejected_dry_run=0i 1570696322000000000
nginx_plus_api_http_limit_reqs,port=80,source=demo.nginx.com,limit=limit_2 delayed=13i,delayed_dry_run=3i,passed=6i,rejected=1i,rejected_dry_run=31i 1570696322000000000

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