pmrepconf(1) — Linux manual page

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NAME         top

       pmrepconf - create/edit a pmrep configuration file

SYNOPSIS         top

       pmrepconf [-crvV?]  [-d groupsdir] [-g grouptag] [-o option] [-h
       host] configfile

DESCRIPTION         top

       pmrepconf may be used to create and modify a generic
       configuration file for pmrep(1) and related utilities in the
       pmrep.conf(5) format.

       If configfile does not exist, pmrepconf will create a generic
       configuration file with a set of discovered metrics in a
       [metrics] section.

       Once created, configfile may be used with the -c option to
       pmrep(1) and related utilities such as pcp2elasticsearch(2) and
       pcp2spark(2).

       If configfile does exist, pmrepconf will prompt for input from
       the user to enable or disable groups of related performance
       metrics.

       Group selection requires a simple y (yes) or n (no) response to
       the prompt Log this group?.

       Other responses at this point may be used to select additional
       control functions as follows:

       m         Report the names of the metrics in the current group.

       q         Finish with group selection (quit) and make no further
                 changes to this group or any subsequent group.

       /pattern  Make no change to this group but search for a group
                 containing pattern in the description of the group or
                 the names of the associated metrics.

       When run from automated setup processes, the -c option is used to
       indicate that pmrepconf is in auto-create mode and no interactive
       dialog takes place.  The output configfile has an additional
       comment message and timestamp indicating this fact, so that it
       can be identified and subsequently updated using -c again.  This
       option is not appropriate for interactive use of the tool.

       More verbose output may be enabled with the -v option.

SETUP GROUP FILES         top

       When an initial configfile is created, the default specifications
       come from a set of group files below the groupsdir specified with
       the -d option (the default groupsdir is
       $PCP_VAR_DIR/config/pmlogconf which is most commonly correct, so
       the -d option is rarely used in practice).

       The directory structure and format of files below groupsdir is
       shared with the pmlogconf(1) utility, and described in detail on
       that manual page.  When used by pmrepconf all interval settings
       are ignored.

OPTIONS         top

       The available command line options are:

       -c   Enable non-interactive, auto-create mode.

       -d groupsdir, --groups=groupsdir
            Specify the path to the groupsdir directory.

       -g grouptag, --group=grouptag
            Query logging state for the specific group named grouptag.

       -h host, --host=host
            Performance metrics source is pmcd(1) on host, rather than
            on the default localhost.

       -o option, --option=option
            Specify an option to be added to the [option] section of the
            generated pmrep.conf(5) file.  This command line option can
            be presented multiple times in order to added multiple lines
            in the [option] section.

       -r, --reprobe
            Reconsider every group for inclusion in the configfile.

       -v, --verbose
            Enable verbose mode.

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

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

PCP ENVIRONMENT         top

       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).

       pmrepconf overrides any $PCP_DERIVED_CONFIG environment variable
       to an empty string, for performance reasons.

       pmrepconf honours the $PMCD_WAIT_TIMEOUT environment variable
       when probing and creating new pmrep configuration files.  It uses
       a default timeout value of 10 seconds for this, in the absence of
       an environment setting.

SEE ALSO         top

       pcp2elasticsearch(1), pcp2spark(1), pmcd(1), pmlogconf(1),
       pmrep(1), pcp.conf(5), pcp.env(5) and pmrep.conf(5)

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