Documentation forSolarWinds Observability

NGINX metrics

Many of the collected metrics from NGINX entities are displayed as widgets in SolarWinds Observability explorers; additional metrics may be collected and available in the Metrics Explorer. You can also create an alert for when an entity's metric value moves out of a specific range. See Entities in SolarWinds Observability for information about entity types in SolarWinds Observability.

The following table lists some of the metrics collected for these entities. To see the NGINX metrics in the Metrics Explorer, type nginx. in the search box.

Metric Units Description
sw.metrics.healthscore Percent (%)

Health score. A health score provides real-time insight into the overall health and performance of your monitored entities. The health score is calculated based on anomalies detected for the entity, alerts triggered for the entity's metrics, and the status of the entity. The health score is displayed as a single numerical value that ranges from a Good (70-100) to Moderate (40-69) to Bad (0-39) distinction.

To view the health score for NGINX entities in the Metrics Explorer, filter the sw.metrics.healthscore metric by entity_types and select host.
nginx.conections Connections

The current number of nginx connections by state.
nginx.connections_accepted Connections The total number of accepted client connections.
nginx.connections_accepted.gauge Connections The accepted client connections (gauge).
nginx.connections_accepted.rate Connections The number of accepted client connections per second.
nginx.connections_current Connections The current number of nginx connections by state.
nginx.connections_dropped Connections The total number of dropped client connections.
nginx.connections_dropped.rate Connections The number of dropped client connections per second.
nginx.connections_handled Connections The total number of handled connections. Generally, the parameter value is the same as nginx.connections_accepted unless some resource limits have been reached (for example, the worker_connections limit).
nginx.connections_handled.gauge Connections The handled client connections (gauge).
nginx.connections_handled.rate Connections The number of handled client connections per second.
nginx.requests Requests The total number of requests made to the server since it started.
nginx.requests.rate

Requests per second

 The number of requests per second.