pmdasimple - simple performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/simple/pmdasimple [
-d domain] [
-i
port] [
-l logfile] [
-p] [
-u
socket] [
-U username]
pmdasimple is a simple Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which
exports a small number of synthetic performance metrics.
The simple PMDA is shipped as source code and is designed to be an aid for PMDA
developers. In terms of code size and features, it is more complex than the
trivial PMDA, about the same as the txmon PMDA and less complex than the
sample PMDA. The source for the simple PMDA is a good template from which
production, customized PMDAs can be developed.
A brief description of the
pmdasimple command line options follows:
- -d
- It is absolutely crucial that the performance metrics
domain number specified here is unique and consistent. That is,
domain should be different for every PMDA on the one host, and the
same domain number should be used for the same PMDA on all
hosts.
- -i
- Expect PMCD to connect to pmdasimple on the
specified TCP/IP port. port may be a port number or port name.
- -l
- Location of the log file. By default, a log file named
simple.log is written in the current directory of pmcd(1)
when pmdasimple is started, i.e. $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd. If the
log file cannot be created or is not writable, output is written to the
standard error instead.
- -p
- Expect PMCD to create a pipe and the connection to
pmdasimple is via standard input and standard output. This is the
default connection mode.
- -u
- Expect PMCD to connect to pmdasimple on the Unix
domain socket named socket.
- -U
- User account under which to run the agent. The default is
the unprivileged "pcp" account in current versions of PCP, but
in older versions the superuser account ("root") was used by
default.
At most one of the options
-i,
-p and
-u may be specified.
If you want access the names, help text and values for the simple performance
metrics, do the following as root:
# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/simple
# ./Install
If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root:
# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/simple
# ./Remove
pmdasimple is launched by
pmcd(1) and should never be executed
directly. The Install and Remove scripts notify
pmcd(1) when the agent
is installed or removed.
- $PCP_PMCDCONF_PATH
- command line options used to launch pmdasimple
- $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/simple/help
- default help text file for the simple metrics
- $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/simple/Install
- installation script for the pmdasimple agent
- $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/simple/Remove
- undo installation script for the pmdasimple
agent
- $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/simple/simple.conf
- configuration file for the dynamic instance domain that
underlies the simple.now performance metric. For a description,
refer to the help text file, or run the command
$ pminfo -T simple.now
- $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/simple/*.pmda_simple.so
- The DSO version of the PMDA. The same source is used to
create both the DSO and the daemon versions of the simple PMDA, and one or
the other may be installed as part of the dialog in the Install
script.
- $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/simple.log
- default log file for error messages and other information
from pmdasimple
Environment variables with the prefix
PCP_ are used to parameterize the
file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the file
/etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The
$PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration
file, as described in
pcp.conf(5).
PCPIntro(1),
pmcd(1),
pmdasample(1),
pmdatrivial(1),
pmdatxmon(1),
PMDA(3),
pcp.conf(5) and
pcp.env(5).