The Nginx plugin will auto-discover the nginx service on the machine and allows monitoring metrics returned by the nginx status module.
The nginx-plugin.xml file needs to be deployed on the server and all agents which need to monitor the nginx server.
Step 1: Stop the HQ Server and Agents
Step 2: Copy the plugin file to the respective plugin directory
HQ-Server:
cp nginx-plugin.xml <hq installation dir>/server-3.2.x/hq-engine/server/default/deploy/hq.ear/hq-plugins
HQ-Agent:
cp nginx-plugin.xml <hq installation dir>/agent-3.2.x/pdk/plugins
Step 3: Start the HQ Server and the HQ Agents
The agents will contact the HQ server and the nginx server should get auto-discovered. See the screenshot below. The nginx server will not get listed immediately on HQ-server startup. Wait around 5 minutes for this to happen.
The Ngnix server will be present under the respective Platform->Machine.
Clicking on the nginx server link will list the metrics. Again, the mertics may not be listed immediately. Wait for around 5 minutes for this to happen.
- The nginx server will be running on port 80
- The status module for nginx is installed and accessible at /nginx_status URL
In case the nginx server is not listed even after 5 minutes, there might be some configuration error. Execute the following command to get an idea of what the problem is:
<agent installation dir>/java -jar pdk/lib/hq-product.jar -Dplugins.include=nginx -m metric -Dlog=debug
