Collects performance and statistics data from Apache (or Apache derived) web servers. Note that it requires configuration on the server in order to work (described below).
The agent supports both local and remote modes. Since by its nature it accesses the web server remotely, the most common deployment mode is local.
Although this agent will work with a large number of custom Apache builds out there, it is primarily designed to work with Apache-derived servers embedded into application servers, such as Websphere or Oracle. It supports IBM Http Server versions 1.3.x, 2.0.x and 6.0.x, and Oracle Http Server.
Before running the web server, the following changes have to be made to Apache's httpd.conf file:
<Location /server-status> SetHandler server-status Order allow,deny Allow from all </Location>
To verify that the above settings have been performed correctly, check that the following page loads in a web browser: http://[servername]:[port]/server-status
The agent itself supports the following configuration parameters: