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

       If you want to undo the installation, 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

       /var/log/pcp/rsyslog/stats
           named pipe containing statistics exported from rsyslog, usually created by the PMDA
           Install script.

       $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

SEE ALSO

       pmcd(1), rsyslog.conf(5), rsyslogd(8).