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title: Find and query your NGINX data in New Relic
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/opentelemetry/integrations/nginx/find-and-query-your-data
---

## View your NGINX data in New Relic [#find-data]

Once your setup is complete and data is flowing, you can view your NGINX metrics and logs in New Relic and create custom alerts.

**Through Integrations & Agents**

1.  Go to [one.newrelic.com](https://one.newrelic.com) > **Integrations & Agents**
2.  Click **Dashboards**
3.  Search and click **NGINX (OpenTelemetry Collector)** dashboard
4.  A **Dashboard setup** page opens. If you have already set up the data source, click **Skip this step**. Otherwise, click **See installation docs** and follow the instructions to set up your data source. After completing setup, return to the dashboard setup page and click **Skip this step**.
5.  Click **View dashboard**.

**Through Infrastructure monitoring**

1.  Go to [one.newrelic.com](https://one.newrelic.com) > **On-host integrations**
2.  Search for your NGINX server by deployment name (e.g., `production-web-01`)
3.  Click on your server to see detailed metrics

## Query your data with NRQL

You can create custom queries to analyze your NGINX data:

Example queries:

```sql
-- View request rate over time
FROM Metric SELECT rate(sum(nginx.requests), 1 minute)
WHERE nginx.deployment.name = 'production-web-01'
TIMESERIES

-- Check connection states
FROM Metric SELECT latest(nginx.connections_current)
WHERE nginx.deployment.name = 'production-web-01'
FACET state

-- Analyze log patterns (if log forwarding enabled)
FROM Log SELECT count(*)
WHERE nginx.deployment.name = 'production-web-01'
FACET status SINCE 1 hour ago
```

## Troubleshoot data visibility

**If you don't see data**

-   Allow some time - Initial data ingestion can take a few minutes
-   Check the time range - Ensure you're looking at recent data
-   Verify deployment name - Use the exact name from your Collector config
-   Check for data with NRQL:
    ```sql
    FROM Metric SELECT * WHERE nginx.deployment.name LIKE '%production%' LIMIT 1
    ```

**If data appears intermittent**

-   Check Collector logs for errors:
    ```bash
    sudo journalctl -u otelcol-contrib -n 50
    ```
-   Verify NGINX is generating traffic - Test with `curl http://localhost`
-   Check authentication - Ensure license key and endpoint are correct

## Next steps [#next-steps]

**Learn more about your data:**

-   [NGINX OpenTelemetry metrics and attributes reference](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/opentelemetry/integrations/nginx/nginx-otel-metrics-reference/) - Complete metrics reference with descriptions and examples
-   [Introduction to NRQL](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/nrql/get-started/introduction-nrql-new-relics-query-language/) - Learn New Relic's query language for advanced data analysis
-   [Create NRQL alert conditions](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/alerts/create-alert/create-alert-condition/create-nrql-alert-conditions/) - Set up custom alerts based on your NGINX metrics

**Setup guides:**

-   [Monitor self-hosted NGINX with OpenTelemetry](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/opentelemetry/integrations/nginx/nginx-otel-host/) - Complete setup for on-host deployments
-   [Monitor NGINX on Kubernetes with OpenTelemetry](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/opentelemetry/integrations/nginx/nginx-otel-kubernetes/) - Complete setup for Kubernetes deployments