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+; ======================================================================
+;
+; PHP FPM Status
+;
+; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+; 2021-09-22  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>  initial version
+; ======================================================================
+
+
+; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+; graph for slots
+; ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+[phpfpmstatus.graph]
+check_command = "PHP-FPM-Status"
+
+
+[phpfpmstatus.urlparams]
+areaAlpha   = "0.2"
+; areaMode    = "stacked"
+areaMode    = "first"
+
+colorList = "6699aa,ddddee,66cc88,cc66dd,aaaa99,ee4488"
+;            ^      ^      ^      ^      ^      ^ 
+;            active maxa   idle   queue  maxqueue slow
+lineWidth   = "2"
+min         = "0"
+yUnitSystem = "binary"
+
+[phpfpmstatus.metrics_filters]
+active    = "$service_name_template$.perfdata.php-fpm-active.value"
+maxactive = "$service_name_template$.perfdata.php-fpm-maxactive.value"
+idle      = "$service_name_template$.perfdata.php-fpm-idle.value"
+queue     = "$service_name_template$.perfdata.php-fpm-queue.value"
+maxqueue     = "$service_name_template$.perfdata.php-fpm-maxqueue.value"
+slow     = "$service_name_template$.perfdata.php-fpm-slow.value"
+
+
+[phpfpmstatus.functions]
+active    = "alias($metric$, 'active')"
+maxactive = "alias($metric$, 'max active')"
+idle      = "alias($metric$, 'idle')"
+queue      = "alias($metric$, 'queue')"
+slow     = "alias($metric$, 'slow')"
+maxqueue      = "alias($metric$, 'max queue')"
+slow     = "alias($metric$, 'slow')"