How to Monitor Nginx with Prometheus and Grafana

Monitoring Nginx with Prometheus provides real-time visibility into web server performance.

Step 1 — Enable Nginx Status

location /nginx_status {
    stub_status on;
    access_log off;
    allow 127.0.0.1;
    deny all;
}

Step 2 — Install Nginx Prometheus Exporter

wget https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-prometheus-exporter/releases/latest/download/nginx-prometheus-exporter_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar -xzf nginx-prometheus-exporter_*.tar.gz
sudo mv nginx-prometheus-exporter /usr/local/bin/
sudo systemctl enable nginx-exporter --now

Step 3 — Import Grafana Dashboard

Grafana → Import → Dashboard ID: 12708

Conclusion

Nginx monitoring catches issues before users notice. Our team sets up comprehensive web server monitoring.