NGINX

For NGINX, Dynatrace provides information about:

• All incoming requests.
• Outgoing requests that originate from one of the following:
  • ngx_http_proxy_module (proxy_pass)
  • ngx_http_fastcgi_module (fastcgi_pass)
  • ngx_http_memcached_module (memcached_pass)
  • ngx_http_scgi_module (scgi_pass)
  • ngx_http_uwsgi_module (uwsgi_pass)|
• Capture extended NGINX Plus metrics.

Supported NGINX versions

OneAgent support for NGINX is based on tested NGINX binaries. The following images will help you to determine if a release is qualified for OneAgent support:

In Dynatrace, an informational message appears on the NGINX process details when an attempt is made to instrument an unsupported binary or the API for extended NGINX Plus metrics is not accessible.

NGINX version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	Supported by Dynatrace until	First supported Dynatrace OneAgent version	Last supported Dynatrace OneAgent version
1.11.5+				1.169
1.11.5+				1.145
1.4 - 1.11.4

NGINX Plus version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	Supported by Dynatrace until	First supported Dynatrace OneAgent version	Last supported Dynatrace OneAgent version
R11+				1.169
R11+				1.145
R1 - R10

Tengine version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	Supported by Dynatrace until	First supported Dynatrace OneAgent version	Last supported Dynatrace OneAgent version
1.4.2 - 2.2.3				1.173

OpenResty version	Vendor released	Vendor End of life	Supported by Dynatrace until	First supported Dynatrace OneAgent version	Last supported Dynatrace OneAgent version
1.13.6.x, 1.15.8.x, 1.17.8.x, 1.19.3.x
1.11.2.x

Support for NGINX 1.11.5+, NGINX Plus R11+

Standard NGINX package sources are regularly discovered by Dynatrace to support the latest binaries.

Support for the latest NGINX releases is included in the next subsequent OneAgent releases (usually within two weeks of each NGINX release). Support for latest NGINX Plus API may differ from NGINX binary support.

Support for NGINX 1.4 - 1.11.4, NGINX Plus R1 - R10

OneAgent uses NGINX debug information from the NGINX packages for instrumentation of NGINX. Standard NGINX package sources are regularly discovered by Dynatrace to support new binaries.

Here is the list of supported binaries, for which Dynatrace has debug information available: