PHP FPM

Supported OS Linux Windows Mac OS

Integration version5.1.0

PHP overview

Overview

The PHP-FPM check monitors the state of your FPM pool and tracks request performance.

Setup

Installation

The PHP-FPM check is included in the Datadog Agent package. No additional installation is needed on your server.

Configuration

Follow the instructions below to configure this check for an Agent running on a host. For containerized environments, see the Containerized section.

Host

To configure this check for an Agent running on a host:

  1. Edit the php_fpm.d/conf.yaml file, in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent’s configuration directory. See the sample php_fpm.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options:

    init_config:

instances:
  ## @param status_url - string - required
  ## Get metrics from your FPM pool with this URL
  ## The status URLs should follow the options from your FPM pool
  ## See http://php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.configuration.php
  ##   * pm.status_path
  ## You should configure your fastcgi passthru (nginx/apache) to catch these URLs and
  ## redirect them through the FPM pool target you want to monitor (FPM `listen`
  ## directive in the config, usually a UNIX socket or TCP socket.
  #
  - status_url: http://localhost/status

    ## @param ping_url - string - required
    ## Get a reliable service check of your FPM pool with `ping_url` parameter
    ## The ping URLs should follow the options from your FPM pool
    ## See http://php.net/manual/en/install.fpm.configuration.php
    ##   * ping.path
    ## You should configure your fastcgi passthru (nginx/apache) to
    ## catch these URLs and redirect them through the FPM pool target
    ## you want to monitor (FPM `listen` directive in the config, usually
    ## a UNIX socket or TCP socket.
    #
    ping_url: http://localhost/ping

    ## @param use_fastcgi - boolean - required - default: false
    ## Communicate directly with PHP-FPM using FastCGI
    #
    use_fastcgi: false

    ## @param ping_reply - string - required
    ## Set the expected reply to the ping.
    #
    ping_reply: pong

  2. Restart the Agent.

Containerized

For containerized environments, see the Autodiscovery Integration Templates for guidance on applying the parameters below.

ParameterValue
<INTEGRATION_NAME>php_fpm
<INIT_CONFIG>blank or {}
<INSTANCE_CONFIG>{"status_url":"http://%%host%%/status", "ping_url":"http://%%host%%/ping", "use_fastcgi": false, "ping_reply": "pong"}

Extras

Multiple pools

It is possible to monitor multiple PHP-FPM pools using the same proxy server, a common scenario when running on Kubernetes. To do so, modify your server’s routes to point to different PHP-FPM instances. Here is an example NGINX configuration:

server {
    ...

    location ~ ^/(status1|ping1)$ {
        access_log off;
        fastcgi_pass instance1_ip:instance1_port;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }

    location ~ ^/(status2|ping2)$ {
        access_log off;
        fastcgi_pass instance2_ip:instance2_port;
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}

If you find this approach too tedious at scale, setting use_fastcgi to true instructs the check to bypass any proxy servers and communicate directly with PHP-FPM using FastCGI. The default port is 9000 for when omitted from status_url or ping_url.

Unix sockets

If your PHP-FPM installation uses unix sockets, you have to use the below syntax for status_url, ping_url and enable use_fastcgi:

ParameterValue
status_urlunix:///<FILE_PATH>.sock/status
ping_urlunix:///<FILE_PATH>.sock/ping
ping_replypong
use_fastcgitrue

Note: With Autodiscovery, if the Agent runs in a separate container/task/pod, it doesn’t have access to the Unix sockets file of your FPM pool. It order to address this, run the Agent as a sidecar.

Validation

Run the Agent’s status subcommand and look for php_fpm under the Checks section.

Data Collected

Metrics

php_fpm.listen_queue.size
(gauge)		Size of the socket queue of pending connections
php_fpm.processes.active
(gauge)		Total number of active processes
Shown as process
php_fpm.processes.idle
(gauge)		Total number of idle processes
Shown as process
php_fpm.processes.max_active
(count)		The maximum number of processes that can run at once
Shown as process
php_fpm.processes.max_reached
(count)		The number of times the process limit has been reached (when pm tries to start more children)
Shown as process
php_fpm.processes.total
(gauge)		Total number of processes
Shown as process
php_fpm.requests.accepted
(count)		Total number of accepted requests
Shown as request
php_fpm.requests.slow
(count)		Total number of slow requests
Shown as request

Events

The PHP-FPM check does not include any events.

Service Checks

php_fpm.can_ping
Returns CRITICAL if the Agent is unable to get a pong from the PHP-FPM ping URL.
Statuses: ok, critical

Troubleshooting

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