NGINX Logs Monitoring

NGINX is an open-source high performance load balancer. This module collects error and access logs from Nginx servers.

Setup & Configuration

The NGINX module is included with the Atatus Infra agent by default, please follow the below steps to enable.

1. Add the following lines in the file /etc/atatus-infra-agent/atatus.yml.

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   logs_enabled: true
   

2. Copy the NGINX example configuration file.

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   cd /etc/atatus-infra-agent/conf.d/nginx.d/
   sudo cp nginx.yml.template nginx.yml
   

3. Update the file /etc/atatus-infra-agent/conf.d/nginx.d/nginx.yml with below configurations.

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   #Log section
   logs:
   
     # - type : (mandatory) type of log input source (error / access)
   
     - type: error
     - type: access
   

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   # If you have custom nginx log path, you can use below syntax
   
     # - type: (mandatory) type of log input source (error / access)
     #   paths: (mandatory) Set paths if type is file
     #   service: (mandatory) name of the service owning the log
     #   source: (mandatory) attribute that defines which integration is sending the log
   
   #Log section
   logs:
      - type: error
        paths:
           - /var/log/nginx/error.log
        source: nginx
        service: nginx
      - type: access
        paths:
           - /var/log/nginx/access.log
        source: nginx
        service: nginx
   

4. Restart the atatus infrastructure agent.

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   sudo service atatus-infra-agent restart