How to install & configure Datadog Integration with Apache HTTPD?
The Apache check tracks requests per second, bytes served, number of worker threads, service uptime, and more.
The following metrics will be tracked by this integration:
| Name | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
| apache.conns_async_closing | connections | The number of asynchronous closing connections. |
| apache.conns_async_keep_alive | connections | The number of asynchronous keep alive connections. |
| apache.conns_async_writing | connections | The number of asynchronous writes connections. |
| apache.conns_total | connections | The total number of connections performed. |
| apache.net.bytes | bytes | The total number of bytes served. |
| apache.net.bytes_per_s | bytes/second | The number of bytes served per second. |
| apache.net.hits | requests | The total number of requests performed. |
| apache.net.request_per_s | requests/second | The number of requests performed per second. |
| apache.performance.busy_workers | threads | The number of workers serving requests. |
| apache.performance.cpu_load | percent | The percent of CPU used. |
| apache.performance.idle_workers | threads | The number of idle workers. |
| apache.performance.uptime | seconds | The amount of time the server has been running. |
Step 1 – Install Datadog Agent in Centos OR Ubuntu OR Windows
Step 2 – Install Apache HTTPD server in Ubuntu OR Centos/Redhat OR Windows
Step 3 – Click on the Integrations using Left bar Navigations as shown below
Step 4 – Enable mod_status & ExtendedStatus in Apache
Step 5 – Enable Datadog Apache Integration configuration to start collecting your Apache metrics.
$ cd /etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/apache.d/
$ sudo cp conf.yaml.example conf.yaml
$ sudo vi conf.yaml (CHECK IMAGE BELOW)
$ sudo service datadog-agent restart [UBUNTU]
$ sudo systemctl restart datadog-agent [Centos and Ubuntu]
$ watch curl http://65.1.107.190/ [ GENERATE FAKE LOAD ON APACHE SERVER ]
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)
Step 6 – How to make sure if Datadog Agent is monitoring Apache
$ datadog-agent configcheck | grep apache -A 5 -B 5
=== apache check ===
Configuration provider: file
Configuration source: file:/etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/apache.d/conf.yaml
Config for instance ID: apache:9ad92079e09f96b4
apache_status_url: http://localhost/server-status?auto
disable_generic_tags: true
~
$ datadog-agent status | grep apache -B 5 -A 15
=========
Running Checks
==============
apache (4.2.2)
--------------
Instance ID: apache:9ad92079e09f96b4 [OK]
Configuration Source: file:/etc/datadog-agent/conf.d/apache.d/conf.yaml
Total Runs: 17
Metric Samples: Last Run: 27, Total: 459
Events: Last Run: 0, Total: 0
Service Checks: Last Run: 1, Total: 17
Average Execution Time : 7ms
Last Execution Date : 2023-09-07 03:47:33 UTC (1694058453000)
Last Successful Execution Date : 2023-09-07 03:47:33 UTC (1694058453000)
metadata:
version.major: 2
version.minor: 4
version.patch: 41
version.raw: 2.4.41
version.scheme: semver
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)
Step 7 – Click on “Install Integration” as show in image below; [ Obselete in Current version of Datadog ]
Step 7 – Create a fake Traffic on Apache
$ while true; do curl -s -o /dev/null http://localhost & done
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)Step 7 – Verify the Apache Metrix on Datadog Console
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