DumbMonit

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Monitor Apache httpd with DumbMonit

The web server: busy and idle workers, the worker scoreboard by state, and request/byte rates when ExtendedStatus is on.

DocumentationOfficial website: Apache HTTP Server

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What DumbMonit watches

The web server: busy and idle workers, the worker scoreboard by state, and request/byte rates when ExtendedStatus is on.

Typical use. Web server: busy/idle workers, scoreboard by state, request and byte rates

Examples

  • Apache in Docker
  • Apache on a Linux host
  • A LAMP stack

How it connects

What you need

  • Basic authIf the status page sits behind a basic auth block or directive.

No account needed.

Network ports to open

  • 80/TCPStatus page (HTTP, default)
  • 443/TCPOnly if the status page is served over HTTPS
Setup steps: Enable Apache's mod_status
  1. Enable mod_status (it ships with Apache and is usually on already).

    a2enmod status
  2. Add this location to the Apache configuration, restricted to the DumbMonit host (adjust the address).

    <Location "/server-status">
    SetHandler server-status
    Require ip 10.0.0.5
    </Location>
  3. Optional: turn on the request and byte counters.

    ExtendedStatus On
  4. Reload Apache, then open http://apache.lan/server-status?auto from the DumbMonit host.

    apachectl graceful
  5. In DumbMonit, enter the Apache host, for example apache.lan, and the path if it is not /server-status.

Heads-up. Without ExtendedStatus, requests and bytes are not reported at all: the chart stays empty rather than flat.