The Apache check tracks requests per second, bytes served, number of worker threads, service uptime, and more.

The Apache check is packaged with the Agent. To start gathering your Apache metrics and logs, you need to:

1. Install the Agent on your Apache servers.

2. Install mod_status on your Apache servers and enable ExtendedStatus.

1. Edit the apache.d/conf.yaml file in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent's configuration directory to start collecting your Apache metrics and logs. See the sample apache.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

2. Restart the Agent

1. Add this configuration block to your apache.d/conf.yaml file to start gathering your Apache Metrics:

    init_config:
   
    instances:
      - apache_status_url: http://example.com/server-status?auto
      #  apache_user: example_user # if apache_status_url needs HTTP basic auth
      #  apache_password: example_password
      #  disable_ssl_validation: true # if you need to disable SSL cert validation, i.e. for self-signed certs
   

   Change the apache_status_url parameter value and configure it for your environment. See the sample apache.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

2. Restart the Agent.

Available for Agent >6.0

1. Collecting logs is disabled by default in the Datadog Agent, you need to enable it in datadog.yaml:

   logs_enabled: true

2. Add this configuration block to your apache.d/conf.yaml file to start collecting your Apache Logs:

     logs:
         - type: file
           path: /var/log/apache2/access.log
           source: apache
           sourcecategory: http_web_access
           service: apache
   
         - type: file
           path: /var/log/apache2/error.log
           source: apache
           sourcecategory: http_web_access
           service: apache

   Change the path and service parameter values and configure them for your environment. See the sample apache.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

3. Restart the Agent.

Learn more about log collection in the log documentation.

Run the Agent's status subcommand and look for apache under the Checks section.

See metadata.csv for a list of metrics provided by this check.

The Apache check does not include any events.

apache.can_connect:
Returns CRITICAL if the Agent cannot connect to the configured apache_status_url, otherwise OK.

• Issues with Apache Integration
• Apache SSL certificate issues

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

• Deploying and configuring Datadog with CloudFormation
• Monitoring Apache web server performance
• How to collect Apache performance metrics
• How to monitor Apache web server with Datadog