Introduction

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This section describes how to monitor NGINX services in SL1 using the NGINX: Open Source and Plus PowerPack.

The following sections provide an overview of NGINX services and the NGINX: Open Source and Plus PowerPack:

What is NGINX?

NGINX is a free, open source, high-performance web server that can be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy, and HTTP cache. Both Open Source Software (OSS) NGINX and NGINX Plus are supported by the NGINX: Open Source and Plus PowerPack.

What Does the NGINX: Open Source and Plus PowerPack Monitor?

To monitor NGINX web devices using SL1, you must install the NGINX: Open Source and Plus PowerPack. This PowerPack lets you discover, model, and collect data about NGINX web services.

The NGINX: Open Source and Plus PowerPack includes:

  • Dynamic Applications to discover, model, and monitor performance metrics and collect configuration data for NGINX services

  • Device Classes for each of the NGINX services SL1 monitors
  • A sample Credential for discovering NGINX services
  • Device dashboards that display information about NGINX services

NOTE: Support is provided to monitor the status module for the NGINX Open Source Software (OSS) free version. The status module must be enabled on your NGINX server. For more information, see Prerequisites for Monitoring NGINX Services.

Installing the NGINX: Open Source and Plus PowerPack

Before completing the steps in this section, you must import and install the latest version of the NGINX: Open Source and Plus PowerPack.

By default, installing a new version of a PowerPack overwrites all content from a previous version of that PowerPack that has already been installed on the target system. You can use the Enable Selective PowerPack Field Protection setting in the Behavior Settings page (System > Settings > Behavior) to prevent new PowerPacks from overwriting local changes for some commonly customized fields. (For more information, see the section on Global Settings.)

The minimum required MySQL version is 5.6.0.

To download and install the PowerPack:

  1. Search for and download the PowerPack from the PowerPacks page (Product Downloads > PowerPacks & SyncPacks) at the ScienceLogic Support Site.
  2. In SL1, go to the PowerPacks page (System > Manage > PowerPacks).
  3. Click the Actions button and choose Import PowerPack. The Import PowerPack dialog box appears.
  4. Click [Browse] and navigate to the PowerPack file from step 1.
  5. Select the PowerPack file and click Import. The PowerPack Installer modal displays a list of the PowerPack contents.
  6. Click Install. The PowerPack is added to the PowerPacks page.

If you exit the PowerPack Installer modal without installing the imported PowerPack, the imported PowerPack will not appear in the PowerPacks page. However, the imported PowerPack will appear in the Imported PowerPacks modal. This page appears when you click the Actions menu and select Install PowerPack.