Apache’s mod_status module shows you the following information:
Restart Time Server Uptime Server Load CPU Usage and CPU Load Total incoming requests Total number of bytes and counts server Total number of idle and busy workers
You can see a demo of Apache’s status by visiting the following URL: https://status.apache.org/
Enable mod_status in Apache
By default, mod_status module is enabled in Ubuntu 14.04. If not, you can enable it by running:
Configure mod_status
To enable access to the server status page, you need to edit the mod_status default configuration file located in the “/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/” directory. You can edit the “status.conf” file by running: Find the section Location /server-status, remove the # before the 192.0.2.0/24 line and add the IP address of the remote computer you will be using to access your web server: Save and close the file. The above configuration is only for the default Apache website. If you have created one or more websites (Virtual Hosts), then the above configuration won’t work. You will need to configure the above settings for each virtual host. In this example let’s configure the Apache default virtual host for mod_status. You can do this by editing the Apache default virtual host config file: Add the following lines under the section VirtualHost *:80: Save and close the file and restart Apache to reflect the changes.
View the Status Page
Now, from a remote machine, open your web browser and access the Apache status page using url “http://your-server-ip/server-status“.
You will see something like the above page that will give you information of your Apache server’s performance and load.
Conclusion
Apache’s mod_status module is a very useful tool for monitoring a web server’s performance. Monitoring the Apache statistics will help you to configure Apache to achieve the best performance.
