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NAME

       pmfind - find PCP services on the network

SYNOPSIS

       pmfind [-CqrSV?]  [-m mechanism] [-s service] [-t timeout]

DESCRIPTION

       pmfind searches for instances of the specified PCP service being advertised on the network
       and prints a list of URLs corresponding to the services discovered.  It  can  be  used  in
       conjunction  with  pmfind_check(1)  to  automate  the  monitoring  of remote PCP collector
       systems.

OPTIONS

       The available command line options are:

       -C, --containers
            Performs containers discovery as well, for each discovered pmcd(1) service.

       -m mechanism, --mechanism=mechanism
            This option sets the mechanism that pmfind uses when  performing  service  discovery.
            By  default,  or  if  the keyword all is specified, every available mechanism will be
            used (iteratively).  See  the  ``MECHANISMS''  section  for  a  description  of  each
            available discovery mechanism.

       -q, --quiet
            This option suppresses all output on the standard output stream.

       -r, --resolve
            Requests  that  DNS  name resolution be attempted for the addresses of any discovered
            services.  The default  is  to  display  the  network  addresses  of  any  discovered
            services.

       -s service, --service=service
            By  default pmfind will search for all supported PCP services, however a specific PCP
            service to discover can be specified using the -s  option.   Supported  services  are
            pmcd(1), and pmproxy(1).

       -S, --sources
            Reports  source  identifiers  for each discovered pmcd(1) service.  These identifiers
            are unique for each host, and are formed  using  the  (non-optional)  context  labels
            available for every PCP collector.  Because the discovery process will often identify
            multiple paths to an individual collector host, this option is an important  part  of
            the  process  of using pmfind in conjunction with pmfind_check(1), to ensure only one
            pmie(1) and/or pmlogger(1) process is started for  each  discovered  collector  host.
            The  source  identifiers  reported  by  pmfind are the same as the source identifiers
            reported by the pminfo(1) and pmseries(1) commands.

       -t seconds, --timeout=seconds
            Sets the maximum amount of time in seconds that pmfind will take before  interrupting
            the service discovery.  The time argument is a floating point number representing the
            number of seconds before timing out.  The default is to  take  as  much  time  as  is
            needed to complete the process.

       -V, --version
            Display version number and exit.

       -?, --help
            Display usage message and exit.

MECHANISMS

       Supported mechanisms for service discovery are:

       avahi  Searches  for  services  which are broadcasting using mDNS via avahi-daemon(8).  An
              optional suffix ",timeout=N" may be added to limit the amount of time  waiting  for
              the avahi-daemon.  N is a floating point number specifying the number of seconds to
              wait.  The default is 0.5 seconds.  This timeout may also be specified  by  setting
              the  environment variable AVAHI_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT to the desired number of seconds.
              If both are specified, then the value specified in the environment  variable  takes
              precedence.

       probe=<net-address>/<mask-bits>
              Actively  probes  the given subnet for the requested PCP service(s).  <net-address>
              is an Inet or IPv6 network address and <mask-bits> is the number of  bits  used  to
              define  the subnet.  For example, 192.168.1.0/24 defines an 8 bit subnet consisting
              of  the  addresses  192.168.1.0  through   192.168.1.255.    An   optional   suffix
              ",maxThreads=N"  may  be  added  to limit the number of threads used while probing.
              The default is the value of FD_SETSIZE (which is typically 1024) or the  number  of
              addresses in the subnet, whichever is less.  An optional suffix ",timeout=N" may be
              added to limit the amount of time spent waiting for each connection attempt.  N  is
              a  floating  point number specifying the number of seconds to wait.  The default is
              0.02 seconds (20 milliseconds).

       shell  Probes the list of addresses provided by  scripts  for  requested  PCP  service(s).
              Several  optional, comma-separated parameters can also be provided.  The "path=DIR"
              option specifies the directory where commands  like  pcp-kube-pods(1)  are  located
              (defaults to $PCP_BINADM_DIR/discover/).  This setting can be further restricted to
              an individual command using the command=CMD option, but the default is to  use  all
              available  commands  from the path.  The "maxThreads=N" option limits the number of
              threads used while probing.  The default is  the  value  of  FD_SETSIZE  (which  is
              typically  1024)  or  the number of addresses returned by the scripts, whichever is
              less.  The "timeout=N" option may be added  to  limit  the  amount  of  time  spent
              waiting  for  each connection attempt.  N is a floating point number specifying the
              number of seconds to wait.  The default is 0.02 seconds (20 milliseconds).

SIGNALS

       pmfind will interrupt the service discovery process when one of the following  signals  is
       received:  SIGHUP,  SIGPIPE,  SIGINT,  SIGTERM,  SIGXFSZ, SIGXCPU.  pmfind will report any
       results which were discovered up to point of the interruption.

DIAGNOSTICS

       The value of the exit status from the command is  zero  when  services  were  successfully
       located, one if no services were found, and two if an error occurred.

       In the event of an error a message will be generated on standard error that is intended to
       be self-explanatory.

FILES

       $PCP_BINADM_DIR/discover
            default path to address discovery scripts

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),  pmfind_check(1),  pmie(1),  pminfo(1),  pmlogger(1),  pmproxy(1),
       pmseries(1), pcp-kube-pods(1), PMAPI(3), PMWEBAPI(3),  pmDiscoverServices(3),  pcp.conf(5)
       and pcp.env(5).