NAME¶

pmdapostfix - Postfix performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)

DESCRIPTION¶

pmdapostfix is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which exports mail queue sizes as reported by qshape(1), as well as aggregate statistics collected from mail.log.

INSTALLATION¶

If you want access to the names and values for the Postfix performance metrics, do the following as root:

# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/postfix
# ./Install

To uninstall, do the following as root:

# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/postfix
# ./Remove

pmdapostfix 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.

FILES¶

$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/postfix/Install

installation script for the pmdapostfix agent

$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/postfix/Remove

undo installation script for the pmdapostfix agent

$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/postfix.log

default log file for error messages from pmdapostfix

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¶

pmcd(1) and qshape(1).