PMDARSYSLOG(1)             General Commands Manual            PMDARSYSLOG(1)

NAME         top

       pmdarsyslog - rsyslog (reliable and extended syslog) PMDA

DESCRIPTION         top

       pmdarsyslog is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which
       exports metric values from the rsyslogd(8) server.  Further details
       about rsyslog can be found at http://www.rsyslog.com/.

INSTALLATION         top

       If you want access to the names and values for the rsyslog
       performance metrics, do the following as root:

             # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog
             # ./Install

       To uninstall, do the following as root:

             # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog
             # ./Remove

       pmdarsyslog 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.

       In order to use this agent, rsyslog stats gathering must be enabled.
       This is done by adding the lines:

             $ModLoad impstats
             $PStatsInterval 5       # log every 5 seconds
             syslog.info             |/var/log/pcp/rsyslog/stats

       to your rsyslog.conf(5) configuration file after installing the PMDA.
       Take care to ensure the syslog.info messages do not get logged in any
       other file, as this could unexpectedly fill your filesystem.  Syntax
       useful for this is syslog.!=info for explicitly excluding these.

FILES         top

       $PCP_LOG_DIR/rsyslog/stats
           named pipe containing statistics exported from rsyslog, usually
           created by the PMDA Install script.

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog/rsyslog.conf
           optional configuration file for pmdarsyslog

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog/Install
           installation script for the pmdarsyslog agent

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/rsyslog/Remove
           undo installation script for the pmdarsyslog agent

       $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/rsyslog.log
           default log file for error messages from pmdarsyslog

PCP ENVIRONMENT         top

       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).

SEE ALSO         top

       pmcd(1) and rsyslogd(1).

COLOPHON         top

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