telegraf/plugins/inputs/nginx/README.md

# Telegraf Plugin: Nginx

### Configuration:

```
# Read Nginx's basic status information (ngx_http_stub_status_module)
[[inputs.nginx]]
  ## An array of Nginx stub_status URI to gather stats.
  urls = ["http://localhost/server_status"]
```

### Measurements & Fields:

- Measurement
    - accepts
    - active
    - handled
    - reading
    - requests
    - waiting
    - writing

### Tags:

- All measurements have the following tags:
    - port
    - server

### Example Output:

Using this configuration:
```
[[inputs.nginx]]
  ## An array of Nginx stub_status URI to gather stats.
  urls = ["http://localhost/status"]
```

When run with:
```
./telegraf --config telegraf.conf --input-filter nginx --test
```

It produces:
```
* Plugin: nginx, Collection 1
> nginx,port=80,server=localhost accepts=605i,active=2i,handled=605i,reading=0i,requests=12132i,waiting=1i,writing=1i 1456690994701784331
```