pmdamongodb - Man Page

pmdamongodb is a Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which extracts live performance data from a running MongoDB database server.

Firstly, pmdamongodb requires installation of the pymongo support packages - a general purpose Python module for querying MongoDB.

Next, pmdamongodb reads an optional ini-style configuration file:

$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mongodb/mongodb.conf

This file currently allows for two sections, one for configuring the MongoDB socket connection, the other for authentication.

[connection]

host (localhost)

Connect to the MongoDB socket on the given hostname.

port (27017)

Connect to the MongoDB socket on the given port.

[authentication]

username (empty)

Username to connect to the database.

password (empty)

Password to connect to the database.

To install, the following must be done as root:

# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mongodb
# ./Install

To uninstall, the following must be done as root:

# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mongodb
# ./Remove

pmdamongodb 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.

$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mongodb/mongodb.conf

configuration file for the pmdamongodb agent

$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mongodb/Install

installation script for the pmdamongodb agent

$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/mongodb/Remove

undo installation script for the pmdamongodb agent

$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/mongodb.log

default log file for messages from the pmdamongodb agent

Note that the usual/default value for $PCP_PMDAS_DIR is /var/lib/pcp/pmdas and the default for $PCP_LOG_DIR is /var/log/pcp but these settings are platform dependent.

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).

PCPIntro(1) and pmcd(1).