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[[metricbeat-module-nginx]]
== Nginx module

This module periodically fetches metrics from https://nginx.org/[Nginx] servers.

The default metricset is `stubstatus`.


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=== Compatibility

The Nginx metricsets were tested with Nginx 1.9 and are expected to work with all version
>= 1.9.

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=== Dashboard

The nginx module comes with a predefined dashboard. For example:

image::./images/metricbeat-nginx.png[]


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=== Example configuration

The Nginx module supports the standard configuration options that are described
in <<configuration-metricbeat>>. Here is an example configuration:

[source,yaml]
----
metricbeat.modules:
- module: nginx
  metricsets: ["stubstatus"]
  enabled: true
  period: 10s

  # Nginx hosts
  hosts: ["http://127.0.0.1"]

  # Path to server status. Default nginx_status
  server_status_path: "nginx_status"
----

This module supports TLS connections when using `ssl` config field, as described in <<configuration-ssl>>.
It also supports the options described in <<module-http-config-options>>.

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=== Metricsets

The following metricsets are available:

* <<metricbeat-metricset-nginx-stubstatus,stubstatus>>

include::nginx/stubstatus.asciidoc[]

