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C.2. Apache 1.3.x and 2.0.x
The probes in this section may be applied to instances of the Apache HTTP Server. Although the
default values presume you will apply these probes using standard HTTP, you may also use them over
secure connections by changing the application protocol to https and the port to 443.
C.2.1. Apache::Processes
The Apache::Processes probe monitors the processes executed on an Apache HTTP Server and col-
lects the following metrics:
Data Transferred Per Child — Records data transfer information only on individual children. A
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child process is one that is created from another process or the parent process.
Data Transferred Per Slot — The cumulative amount of data transferred by a child
•
process that restarts. The number of slots is configured in the
MaxRequestsPerChild
The
ExtendedStatus
probe to function properly.
Field
Application Protocol*
Port*
Pathname*
UserAgent*
Username
Password
Timeout*
Critical Maximum Megabytes Transferred Per Child
Warning Maximum Megabytes Transferred Per Child
Critical Maximum Megabytes Transferred Per Slot
Warning Maximum Megabytes Transferred Per Slot
Table C-1. Apache::Processes settings
C.2.2. Apache::Traffic
The Apache::Traffic probe monitors the requests on an Apache HTTP Server and collects the follow-
ing metrics:
Current Requests — The number of requests being processed by the server at probe runtime.
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Request Rate — The events per second of accesses to the server since the probe last ran.
•
Traffic — The kilobytes per second of traffic the server has processed since the probe last ran.
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The
ExtendedStatus
probe to function properly.
setting.
directive in the
httpd.conf
directive in the
httpd.conf
httpd.conf
file of the Web server must be set to On for this
Value
http
80
/server-status
NOCpulse-ApacheUptime/1.0
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file of the Web server must be set to On for this
Appendix C. Probes
file using the