Apache Enterprise Plugin

This plugin allows to monitor the Apache web server status using the module mod_status. 

Introduction

This plugin allows to monitor the Apache web server status using the module_plugin. 

Compatibility matrix

Tested and developed with Rocky linux 8/9, Fedora 34
Expected to work with Any linux system

you need to have installed the version of Apache 1.3 and higher 

Configuration

To be able to use the apache service (httpd) we need to make the following configuration

enable status in the apache configuration file, it is necessary to create the file inside the conf.d path to access:

cd /etc/httpd/conf.d/

then create the file with .conf extension

touch server-status.conf

or create and edit it directly, from any path

vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/server-status.conf

Open it and add the following :

ExtendedStatus On

<Location "/server-status">
    SetHandler server-status
    Require valid-user

    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "Restricted Access"
    AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/.htpasswd

</Location>

assign a password:

sudo htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/.htpasswd admin

restart apache and verify that everything is correct:

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General plugin parameters

The parameters necessary for the monitoring to be provided by the area requiring monitoring services are: 

./pandora_apache -url <target url> -user <username> -pass <password user>

example of execution

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Plugin specific parameters

The plugin has the following parameters:

Parameter Description
-url specific url
-user username to authenticate to Apache. 
-pass password to authenticate to Apache.

Example of help:

./pandora_apache

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Manual execution

The plugin execution format is as follows:

./pandora_apache -url <target url> -user <username> -pass <password user>

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Pandora Configuration

In the pandora terminal, once downloaded, we will move it to the /etc/pandora/plugins folder, which is where we place the agent plugins.

We will give permissions to the file with :

chmod 755 pandora_apache

Then we will go to the pandora agent, located in /etc/pandora, open the conf and at the bottom we put :

module_plugin /etc/pandora/plugins/pandora_apache -url (apache_url_to_server_status) -user (user) -pass (password)

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In the enterprise version we will be able to do it by remote configuration.

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Modules generated by the plugin

The following modules will be created in the pandora agent:

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