http {

​

    # Set the server that you want to send stats to.

    statsd_server your.statsd.server.com;

​

    # Randomly sample 10% of requests so that you do not overwhelm your statsd server.

    # Defaults to sending all statsd (100%). 

    statsd_sample_rate 10; # 10% of requests

​

​

    server {

        listen 80;

        server_name www.your.domain.com;

​

        # Increment "your_product.requests" by 1 whenever any request hits this server. 

        statsd_count "your_product.requests" 1;

​

        location / {

​

            # Increment the key by 1 when this location is hit.

            statsd_count "your_product.pages.index_requests" 1;

​

            # Increment the key by 1, but only if $request_completion is set to something.

            statsd_count "your_product.pages.index_responses" 1 "$request_completion";

​

            # Send a timing to "your_product.pages.index_response_time" equal to the value

            # returned from the upstream server. If this value evaluates to 0 or empty-string,

            # it will not be sent. Thus, there is no need to add a test.

            statsd_timing "your_product.pages.index_response_time" "$upstream_response_time";

​

            # Increment a key based on the value of a custom header. Only sends the value if

            # the custom header exists in the upstream response.

            statsd_count "your_product.custom_$upstream_http_x_some_custom_header" 1 

                "$upstream_http_x_some_custom_header";

​

            proxy_pass http://some.other.domain.com;

        }

    }

}