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Apache Integration - Setup & Installation Docs | Middleware
The Apache Network Integration provides real-time visibility into your team’s server performance and statistics. This integration is useful for teams that want to understand the number of requests made to your servers, workers in each state, cumulative server traffic, and much more.
The Apache Network Integration works by ingesting and displaying data associated with the requests from clients and their corresponding responses back from the Apache Web Server. For example, server data is collected when a user makes a request to a web page and the corresponding response sends the requested components of the page back to the user.
Prerequisites
MW Host Agent
Middleware Host Agent (MW Agent) v1.6.1+ must be installed on your local machine. To install the MW Agent, see our Installation Guide.
Apache Web Server
Apache Web Server v2.4+. To install the latest Apache Web Server Version, navigate to the Apache HTTP Server Project.
Setup
Step 1: Enable Status Support
Gather server statistics by enabling the Apache Status Module. Add one of the following code snippets to your httpd.conf configuration file to whitelist your IP address or the host-agent and scrape data from the Apache Server:
<Location "/server-status">
SetHandler server-status
Require ip <x.x.x.x>
</Location>
Step 2: Access Integrations
Log in to Middleware, navigate to the Installations Page in the bottom left corner, select Integrations and click Apache:
Step 3: Web Server Host
Add your Apache Web Server Host name, endpoint, and respective data collection interval:
Visualize Your Data
Default Apache Dashboard
Quickly access your Apache data with Middleware’s default Apache dashboard. Navigate to the Dashboard Builder and select the Apache Web Server Dashboard:
Create Apache Widget
All Apache-related data is accessible in our widget builder through apache.* metrics. See below for a comprehensive list.
Metrics collected
| Metric | Description |
|---|---|
apache.uptime | Amount of time server has been running in seconds |
apache.current_connections | Number of active connections currently attached to the HTTP server |
apache.workers | Number of workers currently attached to the HTTP server |
apache.requests | Number of requests serviced by the HTTP server per second |
apache.traffic | Total HTTP server traffic |
apache.cpu.time | Number of jiffs used by a process in a given category |
apache.cpu.load | Current load of the CPU |
apache.load.1 | Average server load within the last minute |
apache.load.5 | Average server load within the last 5 minutes |
apache.load.15 | Average server load within the last 15 minutes |
apache.request.time | Total time spent handling requests |
apache.scoreboard | Number of workers in each state |
Host Configuration
| Input Field | Description |
|---|---|
endpoint | URL of the httpd status endpoint |
collection_interval | Interval that telemetry data is collected (default set to 10 sec interval) |