Nginx Troubleshooting

Getting statistics from http_stub_status

Nginx base distribution contains a simple module that provides access to several rather basic but useful counters inside Nginx that are very important to monitor on a regular basis. The module is named ngx_http_stub_status, and we will describe how to use it in monitoring.

This module is not compiled by default. To check if your Nginx distribution is compiled with the stub_status module, you can use this command:

$ nginx -V 2>&1 | fgrep -c http_stub_status_module
1
$

If you see 1, then this module is compiled and linked to your Nginx binary. Otherwise, you need to compile it using --with-http_stub_status_module parameter to configure script that is invoked during Nginx compilation.

Once you have this module ...