# NGINX Receiver

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> OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

This receiver can fetch stats from a NGINX instance using the `ngx_http_stub_status_module` module's `status` endpoint.

- **Component ID**: `contrib-nginxreceiver`
- **Name**: `nginxreceiver`
- **Type**: receiver
- **Distribution**: contrib
- **Repository**: `opentelemetry-collector-contrib`

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| beta | metrics |

## Attributes

| Attribute | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `state` | string | The state of a connection |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-nginxreceiver/contrib-nginxreceiver-317e5b304db0.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-nginxreceiver/contrib-nginxreceiver-317e5b304db0.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/nginxreceiver](/collector/components/contrib/nginxreceiver)