Litespeed Web Server Statistics in Netdata Including Fixes

Last Updated on January 7, 2021 EST by Jordan

It’s pretty simple to get this done, as there’s a plugin built in. As per this guide on the Netdata website.

https://app.netdata.cloud/spaces/lmtca-space/rooms/general/nodes/34d04048-ab58-11ea-81cb-5600029faf80#chartName=menu_ebpf&after=-900&before=0

You simple need to run the following commands to create the necessary configuration.

cd /etc/netdata   # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory, if different
sudo ./edit-config python.d/litespeed.conf

You then update a single line at the bottom of the file. Set path to /tmp/lshttpd/

local:
  path  : 'PATH'

After restarting Netdata you might find that there is no change to your dashboard. Let’s check the logs….

2021-01-06 14:01:56: python.d INFO: plugin[main] : [litespeed] built 1 job(s) configs
2021-01-06 14:02:00: python.d ERROR: litespeed[localhost] : "/tmp/lshttpd/" has no "rtreport" files or dir is not readable
2021-01-06 14:02:00: python.d INFO: plugin[main] : litespeed[localhost] : check failed

Since the file .rtreport is actually symlinked to /dev/shm/lsws/status/.rtreport which is owned by nobdy/nogroup. We simply need to add netdata to the nogroup group.

usermod -a -G nogroup netdata

You should then be able to see the Litespeed section in Netdata Cloud

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