How to see active connections of your Nginx server via browser

[Vinil]

We can monitor a nginx server status and connections requests per seconds under a linux or unix like operating systems. Nginx server has a module called HttpStubStatusModule. This module provides the ability to get following status from nginx:

• Number of all open connections.
• Stats about accepted connections.
• Connections per second and so on.

Configuration

Edit nginx.conf file:

# vi nginx.conf

Add or append the following :

location /nginx_status {
        # Turn on stats
        stub_status on;
        access_log   off;
        # only allow access from 192.168.1.5 #
        allow 192.168.1.5;
        deny all;
   }

You must replace the IP 192.168.1.5 with your local end IP.

Save and close the file. Reload nginx server:

# service nginx reload

Test it

Open a web-browser and type the following url:

http://Your-IP-OR-Domain-Name/nginx_status


You can see a sample output from the below screenshot: