Enabling the stats page in NginX

To enable the NginX stats page, add these lines to the nginx.conf config file, or the file where your sites are described. Add them inside the server { ... } section:

location /statistics {
  # Turn on nginx stats
  stub_status on;
  # I do not need logs for stats
  access_log   off;
  # Send rest of the world to /dev/null #
  #deny all;
  auth_basic "Restricted";
  auth_basic_user_file /etc/nginx/auth/.htpasswd;
}

The last two lines are there to cover the stats page with a simple login form. No need to show it to everyone.

Next, check the Nginx config:

nginx -t

If everything’s OK, restart:

/etc/init.d/nginx restart

Now going to http://www.website.com/statistics you’ll see this: