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This module periodically fetches metrics from Apache HTTPD servers. The default metricset is status.
The Apache metricsets were tested with Apache 2.4.12 and 2.4.54 and are expected to work with all versions >= 2.2.31 and >= 2.4.16.
The Apache module comes with a predefined dashboard. For example: