To configure the Agent Client Collector to perform Apache HTTP server monitoring, set the following configurations in the Apache HTTP server application.

Before you begin

Role required: agent_client_collector_admin

Procedure

  1. On the Apache HTTP Server host, navigate to one of the following locations:
    • In a Linux environment:
      • /etc/httpd
      • /etc/httpd/conf
      • /etc/apache2
      • /etc/apache2/conf
    • In a Windows environment: The conf directory in the Apache installation location.
  2. Locate either the httpd.conf or apache2.conf file.
  3. Ensure that the following line is uncommented:
    LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
  4. Configure the check instance port to be identical to the port on which Apache is listening (default for both is 80).
  5. To ensure a secure connection, configure SSL, as follows:
    1. Ensure that the following line is uncommented:
      LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
    2. Activate the ssl_secure_connection parameter in the check instance.
    3. Configure the check instance port to be identical to the port on which Apache is listening to secure connections (default is 443).