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Documented the stub_status module.
author Yaroslav Zhuravlev <yar@nginx.com>
date Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:38:41 +0400
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1 <?xml version="1.0"?>
2
3 <!--
4 Copyright (C) Yaroslav Zhuravlev
5 Copyright (C) Nginx, Inc.
6 -->
7
8 <!DOCTYPE module SYSTEM "../../../../dtd/module.dtd">
9
10 <module name="Module ngx_http_stub_status_module"
11 link="/en/docs/http/ngx_http_stub_status_module.html"
12 lang="en"
13 rev="1">
14
15 <section id="summary">
16
17 <para>
18 The <literal>ngx_http_stub_status_module</literal> module provides
19 access to basic status information.
20 </para>
21
22 <para>
23 This module is not built by default, it should be enabled with the
24 <literal>--with-http_stub_status_module</literal>
25 configuration parameter.
26 </para>
27
28 </section>
29
30
31 <section id="example" name="Example Configuration">
32
33 <para>
34 <example>
35 location /basic_status {
36 stub_status;
37 }
38 </example>
39 This configuration creates a simple web page
40 with basic status data which may look like as follows:
41 <example>
42 Active connections: 291
43 server accepts handled requests
44 16630948 16630948 31070465
45 Reading: 6 Writing: 179 Waiting: 106
46 </example>
47 </para>
48
49 </section>
50
51
52 <section id="directives" name="Directives">
53
54 <directive name="stub_status">
55 <syntax/>
56 <default/>
57 <context>location</context>
58
59 <para>
60 The basic status information will be accessible from the surrounding location.
61 </para>
62
63 </directive>
64
65 </section>
66
67
68 <section id="data" name="Data">
69
70 <para>
71 The following status information is provided:
72 <list type="tag">
73
74 <tag-name id="stubstat_active"><literal>Active connections</literal></tag-name>
75 <tag-desc>
76 The current number of active client connections
77 including <literal>Waiting</literal> connections.
78 </tag-desc>
79
80 <tag-name id="stubstat_accepts"><literal>accepts</literal></tag-name>
81 <tag-desc>
82 The total number of accepted client connections.
83 </tag-desc>
84
85 <tag-name id="stubstat_handled"><literal>handled</literal></tag-name>
86 <tag-desc>
87 The total number of handled connections.
88 Generally, the parameter value is the same as <literal>accepts</literal>
89 unless some resource limits have been reached
90 (for example, the
91 <link doc="../ngx_core_module.xml" id="worker_connections"/> limit).
92 </tag-desc>
93
94 <tag-name id="stubstat_requests"><literal>requests</literal></tag-name>
95 <tag-desc>
96 The total number of client requests.
97 </tag-desc>
98
99 <tag-name id="stubstat_reading"><literal>Reading</literal></tag-name>
100 <tag-desc>
101 The current number of connections where nginx is reading the request header.
102 </tag-desc>
103
104 <tag-name id="stubstat_writing"><literal>Writing</literal></tag-name>
105 <tag-desc>
106 The current number of connections
107 where nginx is writing the response back to the client.
108 </tag-desc>
109
110 <tag-name id="stubstat_waiting"><literal>Waiting</literal></tag-name>
111 <tag-desc>
112 The current number of idle client connections waiting for a request.
113 </tag-desc>
114
115 </list>
116 </para>
117
118 </section>
119
120
121 <section id="variables" name="Embedded Variables">
122
123 <para>
124 The <literal>ngx_http_stub_status_module</literal> module
125 supports the following embedded variables (1.3.14):
126 <list type="tag">
127
128 <tag-name
129 id="var_connections_active"><var>$connections_active</var></tag-name>
130 <tag-desc>
131 same as the <literal>Active connections</literal> value;
132 </tag-desc>
133
134 <tag-name
135 id="var_connections_reading"><var>$connections_reading</var></tag-name>
136 <tag-desc>
137 same as the <literal>Reading</literal> value;
138 </tag-desc>
139
140 <tag-name
141 id="var_connections_writing"><var>$connections_writing</var></tag-name>
142 <tag-desc>
143 same as the <literal>Writing</literal> value;
144 </tag-desc>
145
146 <tag-name
147 id="var_connections_waiting"><var>$connections_waiting</var></tag-name>
148 <tag-desc>
149 same as the <literal>Waiting</literal> value.
150 </tag-desc>
151
152 </list>
153 </para>
154
155 </section>
156
157 </module>