NAME

       pmdarsyslog - rsyslog (reliable and extended syslog) PMDA

DESCRIPTION

       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

       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:

           module(load="impstats" interval="10" severity="7")
           if $syslogtag contains 'rsyslogd-pstats' then {
               action(
                   name="pstats-for-pcp"
                   type="ompipe"
                   template="RSYSLOG_FileFormat"
                   pipe="/var/log/pcp/rsyslog/stats"
               )
               stop
           }

       to your rsyslog.conf(5) configuration file after installing the PMDA.

FILES

       $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

       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

       PCPIntro(1), pmcd(1) and rsyslogd(1).

Performance Co-Pilot                                   PCP                                        PMDARSYSLOG(1)