Apache integration metrics

The official Datadog integration for monitoring Apache. It collects 25 metrics.

Official summary

Track requests per second, bytes served, worker threads, uptime, and more.

Metric types

  • gauge (value at a point in time): 25

Metrics

Descriptions are the official definitions, unedited.

MetricTypeUnit
apache.conns_async_closingThe number of asynchronous closing connections.gaugeconnection
apache.conns_async_keep_aliveThe number of asynchronous keep alive connections.gaugeconnection
apache.conns_async_writingThe number of asynchronous writes connections.gaugeconnection
apache.conns_totalThe total number of connections performed.gaugeconnection
apache.net.bytesThe total number of bytes served.gaugebyte
apache.net.bytes_per_sThe number of bytes served per second.gaugebyte/second
apache.net.hitsThe total number of requests performed.gaugerequest
apache.net.request_per_sThe number of requests performed per second.gaugerequest/second
apache.performance.busy_workersThe number of workers serving requests.gaugethread
apache.performance.cpu_loadThe percent of CPU used.gaugepercent
apache.performance.idle_workersThe number of idle workers.gaugethread
apache.performance.max_workersThe maximum number of workers apache can start.gaugethread
apache.performance.uptimeThe amount of time the server has been running.gaugesecond
apache.scoreboard.closing_connectionThe amount of workers that are currently closing a connection.gaugethread
apache.scoreboard.disabledThese slots will never be able to handle any requests, indicates a misconfiguration.gaugethread
apache.scoreboard.dns_lookupThe workers waiting on a DNS lookup.gaugethread
apache.scoreboard.gracefully_finishingThe number of workers finishing their request.gaugethread
apache.scoreboard.idle_cleanupThese workers were idle and their process is being stopped.gaugethread
apache.scoreboard.keepaliveThe workers intended for a new request from the same client, because it asked to keep the connection alive.gaugethread
apache.scoreboard.loggingThe workers writing something to the Apache logs.gaugethread
apache.scoreboard.open_slotThe amount of workers that Apache can still start before hitting the maximum number of workers.gaugethread
apache.scoreboard.reading_requestThe workers reading the incoming request.gaugethread
apache.scoreboard.sending_replyThe number of workers sending a reply/response or waiting on a script (like PHP) to finish so they can send a reply.gaugethread
apache.scoreboard.starting_upThe workers that are still starting up and not yet able to handle a request.gaugethread
apache.scoreboard.waiting_for_connectionThe number of workers that can immediately process an incoming request.gaugethread

Official documentation

Official documentation for the Apache integration

Metric names and descriptions are the official Datadog integration definitions (Copyright Datadog, Inc., BSD-3-Clause), reproduced unedited. The full license terms are on the About page.