NAME¶

pmdapdns - PowerDNS performance metrics domain agent (PMDA)

DESCRIPTION¶

pmdapdns is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which exports metric values from the PowerDNS authoritative daemon as well as the recursive resolver.

INSTALLATION¶

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

        # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/pdns
        # ./Install

If you want to undo the installation, do the following as root:

        # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/pdns
        # ./Remove

pmdapdns 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/pdns/Install

installation script for the pmdapdns agent

$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/pdns/Remove

undo installation script for the pmdapdns agent

$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/pdns.log

default log file for error messages from pmdapdns

SEE ALSO¶

pmcd(1), pdns_control(8), and rec_control(1).