diff --git a/plugins/other/nginx_status b/plugins/other/nginx_status
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+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#
+# Magic markers:
+#%# family=auto
+#%# capabilities=autoconf
+
+my $ret = undef;
+
+if (! eval "require LWP::UserAgent;"){
+	$ret = "LWP::UserAgent not found";
+}
+
+chomp(my $fqdn=`hostname -f`);
+
+my $URL = exists $ENV{'url'} ? $ENV{'url'} : "http://$fqdn/nginx_status";
+
+if ( exists $ARGV[0] and $ARGV[0] eq "autoconf" )
+{
+	if ($ret){
+		print "no ($ret)\n";
+		exit 1;
+	}
+	
+	my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(timeout => 30);
+    my $response = $ua->request(HTTP::Request->new('GET',$URL));
+
+	unless ($response->is_success and $response->content =~ /server/im)
+	{
+		print "no (no nginx status on $URL)\n";
+		exit 1;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		print "yes\n";
+		exit 0;
+	}
+}
+
+if ( exists $ARGV[0] and $ARGV[0] eq "config" )
+{
+	print "graph_title NGINX status\n";
+    print "graph_args --base 1000\n";
+	print "graph_category nginx\n";
+    print "graph_vlabel Connections\n";
+
+    print "total.label Active connections\n";
+	print "total.info  Active connections\n";
+	print "total.draw LINE2\n";
+
+    print "reading.label Reading\n";
+	print "reading.info  Reading\n";
+	print "reading.draw LINE2\n";	
+
+    print "writing.label Writing\n";
+	print "writing.info  Writing\n";
+	print "writing.draw LINE2\n";	
+
+    print "waiting.label Waiting\n";
+	print "waiting.info  Waiting\n";
+	print "waiting.draw LINE2\n";	
+	
+	exit 0;
+}
+
+my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(timeout => 30);
+
+my $response = $ua->request(HTTP::Request->new('GET',$URL));
+
+#Active connections: 1845 
+#server accepts handled requests
+# 4566318 4566318 84218236 
+# Reading: 2 Writing: 278 Waiting: 1565 
+if ($response->content =~ /Active connections:\s+(\d+).*Reading:\s+(\d+).*Writing:\s+(\d+).*Waiting:\s+(\d+)/s) {
+    print "total.value $1\n";
+    print "reading.value $2\n";
+    print "writing.value $3\n";
+    print "waiting.value $4\n";
+} else {
+	foreach (qw(total reading writing waiting)){
+	    print "$_.value U\n";
+	}
+}