Would you like to learn how to install and configure the Nginx module named http_stub_status_module? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to enable the Nginx statistics page using the Nginx module named http_stub_status_module on a computer running Ubuntu Linux.

• Ubuntu 18
• Ubuntu 19
• Nginx 1.16.1

Equipment list

The following section presents the list of equipment used to create this tutorial.

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Tutorial NGINX - Configuration of http_stub_status_module

Install the Nginx server.

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Verify if the Nginx http_stub_status module was installed.

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Edit the Nginx default configuration file.

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Here is the original file, before our configuration.

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Here is the file with our configuration.

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In our example, we configure the Nginx module named http_stub_status to allow only computers from the network 192.168.15.0/24 to access the server status page.

Restart the Nginx service.

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On a computer located on the allowed network, open your browser and enter the IP address of your web server plus /basic_status.

In our example, the following URL was entered in the Browser:

• http://192.168.15.11/basic_status

You will be sent to the Nginx server status page.

ngins status page

Congratulations! You sucessfully configured the Nginx status page.