Nginx virtual host traffic status module

• nginx

• 1.7.x (last tested: 1.7.10)
• 1.6.x (last tested: 1.6.2)

Earlier versions is not tested.

1. Clone the git repository.

shell> git clone git://github.com/vozlt/nginx-module-vts.git

2. Add the module to the build configuration by adding --add-module=/path/to/nginx-module-vts

3. Build the nginx binary.

4. Install the nginx binary.

http {
    vhost_traffic_status_zone;

    ...

    server {

    ...

        location /status {
            vhost_traffic_status_display;
            vhost_traffic_status_display_format html;
        }

This is an Nginx module that provides access to virtual host status information. This is similar to the live activity monitoring of nginx plus. The built-in html is also taken from the demo page.

First of all, the directive vhost_traffic_status_zone is required, and then if the directive vhost_traffic_status_display is set, can be access to as follows:

• /status/format/json

• /status/format/html

• If you request /status/format/json, will respond with a JSON document containing the current activity data for using in live dashboards and third-party monitoring tools.

• If you request /status/format/html, will respond with the built-in live dashboard in HTML that requests internally to /status/format/json.

JSON document contains as follows:

{
  "nginxVersion": ...,
  "loadMsec": ...,
  "nowMsec": ...,
  "connections": {
  ...
  },
  "serverZones": {
  ...
  },
  "upstreamZones": {
  ...
  }
}

• main
• Basic version, uptime(nowMsec - loadMsec)
• connections
• Total connections and requests(same as stub_status_module in NGINX)
• serverZones
• Traffic(in/out) and request and response counts per each server zone
• Total traffic(In/Out) and request and response counts(It zone name is *)
• upstreamZones
• Traffic(in/out) and request and response counts per server in each upstream group
• Current settings(weight, maxfails, failtimeout...) in nginx.conf

The directive vhost_traffic_status_display_format sets the default ouput format that is one of json or html. (Default: json)

Traffic calculation as follows:

• ServerZones
• in += requested_bytes
• out += sent_bytes
• UpstreamZones
• in += requested_bytes via the ServerZones
• out += sent_bytes via the ServerZones

All calculations are working in log processing phase of Nginx. Internal redirects(X-Accel-Redirect or error_page) does not calculate in the UpstreamZones.

Caveats: this module relies on nginx logging system, so the traffic may be in certain cirumstances different that real bandwidth traffic. Websocket, canceled downloads may be cause of inaccuracies.

• | - --- | --- Syntax | vhost_traffic_status [on|off] Default | off Context | http, server, location

Description: Enables or disables the module working. If you set vhost_traffic_status_zone directive, is automatically enabled.

• | - --- | --- Syntax | vhost_traffic_status_zone [shared:name:size] Default | shared:vhost_traffic_status:1m Context | http

Description: Sets parameters for a shared memory zone that will keep states for various keys. The cache is shared between all worker processes.

• | - --- | --- Syntax | vhost_traffic_status_display Default | - Context | http, server, location

Description: Enables or disables the module display handler.

• | - --- | --- Syntax | vhost_traffic_status_display_format [json|html] Default | json Context | http, server, location

Description: Sets the display handler's output format. If you set json, will respond with a JSON document. If you set html, will respond with the built-in live dashboard in HTML.

YoungJoo.Kim(김영주) [vozlt@vozlt.com]