NGINX Traffic Accounting Module: Real-Time Metrics
by Danila Vershinin, March 28, 2026
Learn how to monitor NGINX traffic metrics in real time with the traffic accounting module. Get per-location request counts, bandwidth usage, latency, and HTTP status breakdowns — all aggregated in memory with minimal CPU and memory overhead, no log parsing required.
Read More...NGINX Stream Monitoring with the Stream STS Module
by Danila Vershinin, March 27, 2026
Learn how to monitor NGINX stream (TCP/UDP) traffic with the Stream Server Traffic Status module. Get real-time connection metrics, upstream health data, and Prometheus-compatible output for your TCP/UDP load balancers and proxies.
Read More...NGINX StatsD Module: Metrics to Graphite and Datadog
by Danila Vershinin, March 25, 2026
Learn how to send real-time NGINX metrics — request counts, response times, and custom counters — directly to StatsD, Graphite, and Datadog using the nginx-module-statsd dynamic module. Includes installation, configuration, and production best practices.
Read More...NGINX Graphite Module: Send Server Metrics to Graphite
by Danila Vershinin, March 7, 2026
Learn how to send NGINX metrics directly to Graphite with the NGINX Graphite module. Collect per-location request rates, response times, status codes, and percentiles — all aggregated in shared memory and transmitted over UDP or TCP without blocking request processing.
Read More...NGINX VTS Module: NGINX Plus Monitoring
by Danila Vershinin, January 29, 2026
Learn how to install and configure the NGINX VTS (Virtual Host Traffic Status) module for free real-time monitoring. Get NGINX Plus-level traffic statistics, upstream monitoring, and Prometheus metrics without the commercial license cost.
Read More...NGINX Amplify Alternative: The Drop-In Replacement (2026)
by Danila Vershinin, January 22, 2026
NGINX Amplify was discontinued on January 31, 2026. GetPageSpeed Amplify is the only drop-in compatible replacement—migrate in 60 seconds without changing your agent. Get website monitoring, Gixy security analysis, custom dashboards, and features F5 never offered.
Read More...Install MySQLTuner in CentOS/RHEL
by Danila Vershinin, March 20, 2019
How to install MySQLTuner in CentOS/RHEL 7 to help with tuning MySQL server instances
Read More...Fixing NGINX Amplify’s failure after reboot
by Danila Vershinin, February 10, 2019
Fix NGINX Amplify’s agent failure to start at boot time or after every reboot. Easy guide.
Read More...NGINX Amplify – MySQL Monitoring in CentOS 6
by Danila Vershinin, August 4, 2018
MySQL monitoring in CentOS 6 using NGINX Amplify agent
Read More...Safe MySQL configuration reload? Easy
by Danila Vershinin, June 14, 2018
An easy way into implementing `systemctl reload mysqld`.
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