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:

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

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

Manual execution
The plugin execution format is as follows: 

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

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) 

 

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

Modules generated by the plugin
The following modules will be created in the pandora agent: