Experimental monitoring apache httpd via mod_bmx

Heiko W.Rupp hrupp at redhat.com
Wed Jan 5 12:23:28 UTC 2011


Hi,

monitoring apache httpd in RHQ requires the snmp module being present, which is currently problematic (don't ask please).

Ian pointed out mod_bmx (https://github.com/hyperic/mod_bmx , ASL license)  which provides (some of) the same data.
While mod_bmx works quite well, it still has some issues for production use:
https://github.com/hyperic/mod_bmx/blob/master/STATUS.txt
Good thing is that mod_bmx is fairly small and does not require all the complex dependencies.

I've written a proof of concept plugin for RHQ that uses mod_bmx to grab the data and monitor httpd.
Code and a binary version can be found at https://github.com/pilhuhn/rhq-apache-bmx
It currently expects the handler to be mounted at /bmx and not being protected.

Perhaps this is a viable alternative to mod_snmp in the future.

  Heiko

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