pmdads389 - 389 Directory Server PMDA
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Description
pmdads389 is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which extracts live performance data from a
running 389 Directory Server instance.
See the Red Hat Directory Server Administration Guide for description for each metric.
Files
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/ds389/ds389.conf.example
example configuration file for the pmdads389 agent
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/ds389/ds389.conf
configuration file for the pmdads389 agent
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/ds389/Install
installation script for the pmdads389 agent
$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/ds389/Remove
undo installation script for the pmdads389 agent
$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/ds389.log
default log file for error messages from pmdads389Installation
pmdads389 reads an optional configuration file
• $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/ds389/ds389.conf
This file can contain overridden values (Perl code) for the settings listed at the start of pmdads389.pl,
namely:
• LDAP server
• bind DN
• bind password
• default search scope
• default search base
• default search filter
• query interval
• List of sources
• List of attributes to display for each source
Please use the provided ds389.conf.example as a starting point. Once this is setup, you can access the
names and values for the 389 DS performance metrics by doing the following as root:
#cd$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/ds389#./Install
To uninstall, do the following as root:
#cd$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/ds389#./Removepmdads389 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.
Name
pmdads389 - 389 Directory Server PMDA
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), ldapsearch(1), pmcd(1) and ns-slapd(8). Performance Co-Pilot PCP PMDADS389(1)
