--- title: Telegraf Documentation description: Telegraf plugin for collecting metrics from Nginx Plus API url: https://docs.influxdata.com/telegraf/v1/input-plugins/nginx_plus_api/ estimated_tokens: 5952 product: Telegraf version: v1 --- - Telegraf v1.9.0+ # Nginx Plus API Input Plugin This plugin gathers metrics from the commercial [Nginx Plus web server](https://www.f5.com/products/nginx/nginx-plus) via the [REST API](https://demo.nginx.com/swagger-ui/). Using this plugin requires a license. For more information about differences between Nginx (F/OSS) and Nginx Plus, see the Nginx [documentation](https://www.nginx.com/blog/whats-difference-nginx-foss-nginx-plus/). **Introduced in:** Telegraf v1.9.0 **Tags:** server, web **OS support:** all ## Global configuration options Plugins support additional global and plugin configuration settings for tasks such as modifying metrics, tags, and fields, creating aliases, and configuring plugin ordering. See [CONFIGURATION.md](/telegraf/v1/configuration/#plugins) for more details. ## Configuration ```toml # Read Nginx Plus API advanced status information [[inputs.nginx_plus_api]] ## An array of Nginx API URIs to gather stats. urls = ["http://localhost/api", "http+unix:///var/run/nginx.sock:/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 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_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: ```toml [[inputs.nginx_plus_api]] ## An array of Nginx Plus API URIs to gather stats. urls = ["http://localhost/api"] ``` When run with: ```sh ./telegraf -config telegraf.conf -input-filter nginx_plus_api -test ``` It produces: ```text 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 ``` ### Reference material - [api documentation](http://demo.nginx.com/swagger-ui/#/) - [nginx\_api\_module documentation](http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_api_module.html) #### Related - [Configure plugins](/telegraf/v1/configure_plugins/) - [Nginx Plus API Plugin Source](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/tree/v1.38.4/plugins/inputs/nginx_plus_api/README.md)