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).