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:

             $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

       $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).