nginx: See Active connections / Connections Per Seconds

nginx_status.text

# NGINX config  
  location /nginx_status {
        # Turn on stats
        stub_status on;
        access_log   off;
        # only allow access from 192.168.1.5 #
        allow 192.168.1.5;
        deny all;
   }


Sample outputs:

Active connections: 2 
server accepts handled requests
 7 7 12 
Reading: 0 Writing: 1 Waiting: 1 

2 = Number of all open connections
7 = Accepted connections
7 = Handled connections
12 = Handles requests


How do I calculate connections per seconds?

Requests per connection = handles requests / handled connections
Requests per connection = 21897888/9582571 (pass this to bc -l using echo '21897888/9582571' | bc -l command)
Requests per connection = 2.28