squid_timeout | **Optional.** Seconds before plugin times out (default: 15).
+### <a id="plugins-contrib-nginx_status"></a> nginx_status
+
+Plugin for monitoring [nginx_status](https://github.com/regilero/check_nginx_status).
+
+Custom attributes passed as [command parameters](3-monitoring-basics.md#command-passing-parameters):
+
+Name | Description
+------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+nginx_status_host_address | **Optional.** The host's address. Defaults to "$address$" if the host's `address` attribute is set, `address6` otherwise.
+nginx_status_port | **Optional.** the http port.
+nginx_status_url | **Optional.** URL to use, instead of the default (http://`nginx_status_hostname`/nginx_status).
+nginx_status_servername | **Optional.** ServerName to use if you specified an IP to match the good Virtualhost in your target
+nginx_status_ssl | **Optional.** set to use ssl connection
+nginx_status_disable_sslverify | **Optional.** set to disable SSL hostname verification
+nginx_status_user | **Optional.** Username for basic auth
+nginx_status_pass | **Optional.** Password for basic auth
+nginx_status_realm | **Optional.** Realm for basic auth
+nginx_status_maxreach | **Optional.** Number of max processes reached (since last check) that should trigger an alert
+nginx_status_timeout | **Optional.** timeout in seconds
+nginx_status_warn | **Optional.** Warning threshold (number of active connections, ReqPerSec or ConnPerSec that will cause a WARNING) like '10000,100,200'.
+nginx_status_critical | **Optional.** Critical threshold (number of active connections, ReqPerSec or ConnPerSec that will cause a CRITICAL) like '20000,200,300'.
+
## <a id="plugins-contrib-operating-system"></a> Operating System
In this category you can find plugins for gathering information about your operating system or the system beneath like memory usage.
vars.squid_hostname = "$check_address$"
vars.squid_client = "/usr/bin/squidclient"
}
+
+object CheckCommand "nginx_status" {
+ import "plugin-check-command"
+ import "ipv4-or-ipv6"
+
+ command = [ PluginContribDir + "/check_nginx_status.pl" ]
+
+ arguments = {
+ "--hostname" = {
+ value = "$nginx_status_host_address$"
+ description = "name or IP address of host to check"
+ }
+ "--port" = {
+ value = "$nginx_status_port$"
+ description = "the http port"
+ }
+ "--url" = {
+ value = "$nginx_status_url$"
+ description = "Specific URL to use, instead of the default 'http://<nginx_status_hostname>/nginx_status'"
+ }
+ "--servername" = {
+ value = "$nginx_status_servername$"
+ description = "ServerName, use it if you specified an IP in -H to match the good Virtualhost in your target"
+ }
+ "--ssl" = {
+ set_if = "$nginx_status_ssl$"
+ description = "Wether we should use HTTPS instead of HTTP"
+ }
+ "--disable-sslverifyhostname" = {
+ set_if = "$nginx_status_disable_sslverify$"
+ description = "Disable SSL hostname verification"
+ }
+ "--user" = {
+ value = "$nginx_status_user$"
+ description = "Username for basic auth"
+ }
+ "--pass" = {
+ value = "$nginx_status_pass$"
+ description = "Password for basic auth"
+ }
+ "--realm" = {
+ value = "$nginx_status_realm$"
+ description = "Realm for basic auth"
+ }
+ "--maxreach" = {
+ value = "$nginx_status_maxreach$"
+ description = "Number of max processes reached (since last check) that should trigger an alert"
+ }
+ "--timeout" = {
+ value = "$nginx_status_timeout$"
+ description = "timeout in seconds"
+ }
+ "--warn" = {
+ value = "$nginx_status_warn$"
+ description = "number of active connections, ReqPerSec or ConnPerSec that will cause a WARNING"
+ }
+ "--critical" = {
+ value = "$nginx_status_critical$"
+ description = "number of active connections, ReqPerSec or ConnPerSec that will cause a CRITICAL"
+ }
+ }
+
+ vars.nginx_status_host_address = "$check_address$"
+ vars.nginx_status_ssl = false
+ vars.nginx_status_disable_sslverify = false
+ vars.nginx_status_warn = "10000,100,200"
+ vars.nginx_status_critical = "20000,200,300"
+ vars.nginx_status_timeout = 15
+}