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diff --git a/man/man1/pmdaapache.1 b/man/man1/pmdaapache.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b489d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man1/pmdaapache.1 @@ -0,0 +1,176 @@ +'\"macro stdmacro +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2014 Red Hat. +.\" +.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it +.\" under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the +.\" Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your +.\" option) any later version. +.\" +.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but +.\" WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY +.\" or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License +.\" for more details. +.\" +.TH PMDAAPACHE 1 "PCP" "Performance Co-Pilot" +.SH NAME +\f3pmdaapache\f1 \- Apache2 web server performance metrics domain agent (PMDA) +.SH SYNOPSIS +\f3$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/apache/pmdaapache\f1 +[\f3\-d\f1 \f2domain\f1] +[\f3\-l\f1 \f2logfile\f1] +[\f3\-U\f1 \f2username\f1] +[\f3\-S\f1 \f2server\f1] +[\f3\-P\f1 \f2port\f1] +[\f3\-L\f1 \f2location\f1] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B pmdaapache +is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which extracts +performance metrics describing the state of an Apache web server. +.PP +The +.B apache +PMDA exports metrics that measure the request rate, cumulative +request sizes, uptime and various connection states for active +clients. +.PP +This information is obtained by performing a HTTP request to the +server status URL, which must be enabled in the +.I httpd.conf +configuration file. +.P +.ft CW +.nf +.in +0.5i +ExtendedStatus on +<Location /server-status> +SetHandler server-status +Order deny,allow +Deny from all +Allow from localhost +</Location> +.in +.fi +.ft 1 +.PP +A brief description of the +.B pmdaapache +command line options follows: +.TP 5 +.B \-d +It is absolutely crucial that the performance metrics +.I domain +number specified here is unique and consistent. +That is, +.I domain +should be different for every PMDA on the one host, and the same +.I domain +number should be used for the same PMDA on all hosts. +.TP +.B \-l +Location of the log file. By default, a log file named +.I apache.log +is written in the current directory of +.BR pmcd (1) +when +.B pmdaapache +is started, i.e. +.B $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd . +If the log file cannot +be created or is not writable, output is written to the standard error instead. +.TP +.B \-S +Query the Apache status information from the named +.I server +rather than the local host. +.TP +.B \-P +Query the Apache status information from the given +.I port +rather than the default (80). +.TP +.B \-L +Specify an alternative +.I location +for finding the server-status page. +.TP +.B \-U +User account under which to run the agent. +The default is the unprivileged "pcp" account in current versions of PCP, +but in older versions the superuser account ("root") was used by default. +.SH INSTALLATION +If you want access to the names, help text and values for the apache +performance metrics, do the following as root: +.PP +.ft CW +.nf +.in +0.5i +# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/apache +# ./Install +.in +.fi +.ft 1 +.PP +If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root: +.PP +.ft CW +.nf +.in +0.5i +# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/apache +# ./Remove +.in +.fi +.ft 1 +.PP +.B pmdaapache +is launched by +.BR pmcd (1) +and should never be executed directly. +The Install and Remove scripts notify +.BR pmcd (1) +when the agent is installed or removed. +.SH FILES +.PD 0 +.TP 10 +.B $PCP_PMCDCONF_PATH +command line options used to launch +.B pmdaapache +.TP 10 +.B $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/apache/help +default help text file for the apache metrics +.TP 10 +.B $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/apache/Install +installation script for the +.B pmdaapache +agent +.TP 10 +.B $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/apache/Remove +undo installation script for the +.B pmdaapache +agent +.TP 10 +.B $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/apache.log +default log file for error messages and other information from +.B pmdaapache +.PD +.SH "PCP ENVIRONMENT" +Environment variables with the prefix +.B PCP_ +are used to parameterize the file and directory names +used by PCP. +On each installation, the file +.I /etc/pcp.conf +contains the local values for these variables. +The +.B $PCP_CONF +variable may be used to specify an alternative +configuration file, +as described in +.BR pcp.conf (5). +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR PCPIntro (1), +.BR httpd (8), +.BR pmcd (1), +.BR pcp.conf (5) +and +.BR pcp.env (5). |