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6 pcp2zabbix - pcp-to-zabbix metrics exporter
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9 pcp2zabbix [-5CGHIjlLnrRvV?] [-4 action] [-8|-9 limit] [-a archive]
10 [-A align] [--archive-folio folio] [-b|-B space-scale] [-c config]
11 [--container container] [--daemonize] [-e derived] [-E send-interval]
12 [-g server] [-h host] [-i instances] [-J rank] [-K spec] [-N predicate]
13 [-O origin] [-p port] [-P|-0 precision] [-q|-Q count-scale] [-s sam‐
14 ples] [-S starttime] [-t interval] [-T endtime] [-x prefix] [-X host‐
15 name] [-y|-Y time-scale] metricspec [...]
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18 pcp2zabbix is a customizable performance metrics exporter tool from PCP
19 to Zabbix. Any available performance metric, live or archived, system
20 and/or application, can be selected for exporting using either command
21 line arguments or a configuration file.
22 pcp2zabbix is a close relative of pmrep(1). Please refer to pmrep(1)
24 for the metricspec description accepted on pcp2zabbix command line and
25 pmrep.conf(5) for description of the pcp2zabbix.conf configuration file
26 overall syntax, this page describes pcp2zabbix specific options and
27 configuration file differences with pmrep.conf(5). pmrep(1) also lists
28 some usage examples of which most are applicable with pcp2zabbix as
29 well.
30 Only the command line options listed on this page are supported, other
32 options recognized by pmrep(1) are not supported.
33 Options via environment values (see pmGetOptions(3)) override the cor‐
35 responding built-in default values (if any). Configuration file
36 options override the corresponding environment variables (if any).
37 Command line options override the corresponding configuration file
38 options (if any).
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41 pcp2zabbix uses a configuration file with overall syntax described in
42 pmrep.conf(5). The following options are common with pmrep.conf: ver‐
43 sion, source, speclocal, derived, header, globals, samples, interval,
44 type, type_prefer, ignore_incompat, names_change, instances, live_fil‐
45 ter, rank, limit_filter, limit_filter_force, invert_filter, predicate,
46 omit_flat, precision, precision_force, count_scale, count_scale_force,
47 space_scale, space_scale_force, time_scale, time_scale_force. The out‐
48 put option is recognized but ignored for pmrep.conf compatibility.
49 pcp2zabbix specific options
51 zabbix_server (string)
52 Hostname or IP address of Zabbix server to send the metrics to. If
53 a host is monitored by a proxy, proxy hostname or IP address should
54 be used instead. Corresponding command line option is -g. Default
55 is localhost.
56 zabbix_port (integer)
58 Specify port number of server trapper running on the server. Cor‐
59 responding command line option is -p. Default is 10051.
60 zabbix_host (string)
62 Specify agent hostname as registered in Zabbix frontend. Host IP
63 address and DNS name will not work. Corresponding command line
64 option is -X. Defaults to the metrics source host.
65 zabbix_interval (string)
67 Indicates the interval to send the metrics to the Zabbix server.
68 This can be longer than the generic interval to minimize the over‐
69 head when communicating with the server (as each send creates a new
70 connection). Follows the time syntax described in PCPIntro(1).
71 Corresponding command line option is -E. Defaults to the generic
72 interval. Zabbix tools send at most 250 metrics at a time.
73 Ignored when reading metrics from PCP archives, in which case met‐
74 rics will be sent roughly at 250 metric batches.
75 zabbix_prefix (string)
77 Specify the prefix for metrics sent to the Zabbix server. Corre‐
78 sponding command line option is -x. Default is .pcp.
79 zabbix_lld (boolean)
81 Specify whether to enable Zabbix low-level discovery. Correspond‐
82 ing command line option is -l. Default is no.
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85 The available command line options are:
86 -0 precision, --precision-force=precision
88 Like -P but this option will override per-metric specifications.
89 -4 action, --names-change=action
91 Specify which action to take on receiving a metric names change
92 event during sampling. These events occur when a PMDA discovers
93 new metrics sometime after starting up, and informs running client
94 tools like pcp2zabbix. Valid values for action are update
95 (refresh metrics being sampled), ignore (do nothing - the default
96 behaviour) and abort (exit the program if such an event happens).
97 -5, --ignore-unknown
99 Silently ignore any metric name that cannot be resolved. At least
100 one metric must be found for the tool to start.
101 -8 limit, --limit-filter=limit
103 Limit results to instances with values above/below limit. A posi‐
104 tive integer will include instances with values at or above the
105 limit in reporting. A negative integer will include instances
106 with values at or below the limit in reporting. A value of zero
107 performs no limit filtering. This option will not override possi‐
108 ble per-metric specifications. See also -J and -N.
109 -9 limit, --limit-filter-force=limit
111 Like -8 but this option will override per-metric specifications.
112 -a archive, --archive=archive
114 Performance metric values are retrieved from the set of Perfor‐
115 mance Co-Pilot (PCP) archive log files identified by the argument
116 archive, which is a comma-separated list of names, each of which
117 may be the base name of an archive or the name of a directory con‐
118 taining one or more archives.
119 -A align, --align=align
121 Force the initial sample to be aligned on the boundary of a natu‐
122 ral time unit align. Refer to PCPIntro(1) for a complete descrip‐
123 tion of the syntax for align.
124 --archive-folio=folio
126 Read metric source archives from the PCP archive folio created by
127 tools like pmchart(1) or, less often, manually with mkaf(1).
128 -b scale, --space-scale=scale
130 Unit/scale for space (byte) metrics, possible values include
131 bytes, Kbytes, KB, Mbytes, MB, and so forth. This option will not
132 override possible per-metric specifications. See also pmParseU‐
133 nitsStr(3).
134 -B scale, --space-scale-force=scale
136 Like -b but this option will override per-metric specifications.
137 -c config, --config=config
139 Specify the config file to use. The default is the first found
140 of: ./pcp2zabbix.conf, $HOME/.pcp2zabbix.conf, $HOME/pcp/pcp2zab‐
141 bix.conf, and $PCP_SYSCONF_DIR/pcp2zabbix.conf. For details, see
142 the above section and pmrep.conf(5).
143 --container=container
145 Fetch performance metrics from the specified container, either
146 local or remote (see -h).
147 -C, --check
149 Exit before reporting any values, but after parsing the configura‐
150 tion and metrics and printing possible headers.
151 --daemonize
153 Daemonize on startup.
154 -e derived, --derived=derived
156 Specify derived performance metrics. If derived starts with a
157 slash (``/'') or with a dot (``.'') it will be interpreted as a
158 derived metrics configuration file, otherwise it will be inter‐
159 preted as comma- or semicolon-separated derived metric expres‐
160 sions. For details see pmLoadDerivedConfig(3) and pmRegister‐
161 Derived(3).
162 -E interval, --zabbix-interval=interval
164 Specify the interval to send metrics to the server. See zab‐
165 bix_interval description above for details.
166 -g server, --zabbix-server=server
168 Zabbix server to send the metrics to.
169 -G, --no-globals
171 Do not include global metrics in reporting (see pmrep.conf(5)).
172 -h host, --host=host
174 Fetch performance metrics from pmcd(1) on host, rather than from
175 the default localhost.
176 -H, --no-header
178 Do not print any headers.
179 -i instances, --instances=instances
181 Report only the listed instances from current instances (if
182 present, see also -j). By default all instances, present and
183 future, are reported. This is a global option that is used for
184 all metrics unless a metric-specific instance definition is pro‐
185 vided as part of a metricspec. By default single-valued ``flat''
186 metrics without multiple instances are still reported as usual,
187 use -v to change this. Please refer to pmrep(1) for more details
188 on this option.
189 -I, --ignore-incompat
191 Ignore incompatible metrics. By default incompatible metrics
192 (that is, their type is unsupported or they cannot be scaled as
193 requested) will cause pcp2zabbix to terminate with an error mes‐
194 sage. With this option all incompatible metrics are silently
195 omitted from reporting. This may be especially useful when
196 requesting non-leaf nodes of the PMNS tree for reporting.
197 -l, --zabbix-lld
199 Add low-level discovery (LLD) metrics. This allows PCP metric
200 instance domains to be sent to Zabbix, so that prototype
201 items/triggers/graphs may be automatically constructed by Zabbix.
202 For each PCP metric with an instance domain, the key
203 pcp.discovery[pcp.met.ric] is sent periodically. This symbol
204 should be added to a discovery rule, and will define the
205 {#PCP.MET.RIC} LLD macro. This macro can inturn be used to define
206 prototype items/triggers/graphs. The names are adjusted if -x was
207 given to override the pcp. prefix.
208 -j, --live-filter
210 Perform instance live filtering. This allows capturing all fil‐
211 tered instances even if processes are restarted at some point (un‐
212 like without live filtering). Performing live filtering over a
213 huge amount of instances will add some internal overhead so a bit
214 of user caution is advised. See also -n.
215 -J rank, --rank=rank
217 Limit results to highest/lowest rank instances of set-valued met‐
218 rics. A positive integer will include highest valued instances in
219 reporting. A negative integer will include lowest valued in‐
220 stances in reporting. A value of zero performs no ranking. See
221 also -8.
222 -K spec, --spec-local=spec
224 When fetching metrics from a local context (see -L), the -K option
225 may be used to control the DSO PMDAs that should be made accessi‐
226 ble. The spec argument conforms to the syntax described in pm‐
227 SpecLocalPMDA(3). More than one -K option may be used.
228 -L, --local-PMDA
230 Use a local context to collect metrics from DSO PMDAs on the local
231 host without PMCD. See also -K.
232 -n, --invert-filter
234 Perform ranking before live filtering. By default instance live
235 filtering (when requested, see -j) happens before instance ranking
236 (when requested, see -J). With this option the logic is inverted
237 and ranking happens before live filtering.
238 -N predicate, --predicate=predicate
240 Specify a comma-separated list of predicate filter reference met‐
241 rics. By default ranking (see -J) happens for each metric indi‐
242 vidually. With predicates, ranking is done only for the specified
243 predicate metrics. When reporting, rest of the metrics sharing
244 the same instance domain (see PCPIntro(1)) as the predicate will
245 include only the highest/lowest ranking instances of the corre‐
246 sponding predicate.
247 So for example, using proc.memory.rss (resident memory size of
249 process) as the predicate metric together with proc.io.total_bytes
250 and mem.util.used as metrics to be reported, only the processes
251 using most/least (as per -J) memory will be included when report‐
252 ing total bytes written by processes. Since mem.util.used is a
253 single-valued metric (thus not sharing the same instance domain as
254 the process-related metrics), it will be reported as usual.
255 -O origin, --origin=origin
257 When reporting archived metrics, start reporting at origin within
258 the time window (see -S and -T). Refer to PCPIntro(1) for a com‐
259 plete description of the syntax for origin.
260 -p port, --zabbix-port=port
262 Zabbix server port number.
263 -P precision, --precision=precision
265 Use precision for numeric non-integer output values. The default
266 is to use 3 decimal places (when applicable). This option will
267 not override possible per-metric specifications.
268 -q scale, --count-scale=scale
270 Unit/scale for count metrics, possible values include count x
271 10^-1, count, count x 10, count x 10^2, and so forth from 10^-8 to
272 10^7. (These values are currently space-sensitive.) This option
273 will not override possible per-metric specifications. See also
274 pmParseUnitsStr(3).
275 -Q scale, --count-scale-force=scale
277 Like -q but this option will override per-metric specifications.
278 -r, --raw
280 Output raw metric values, do not convert cumulative counters to
281 rates. This option will override possible per-metric specifica‐
282 tions.
283 -R, --raw-prefer
285 Like -r but this option will not override per-metric specifica‐
286 tions.
287 -s samples, --samples=samples
289 The argument samples defines the number of samples to be retrieved
290 and reported. If samples is 0 or -s is not specified, pcp2zabbix
291 will sample and report continuously (in real time mode) or until
292 the end of the set of PCP archives (in archive mode). See also
293 -T.
294 -S starttime, --start=starttime
296 When reporting archived metrics, the report will be restricted to
297 those records logged at or after starttime. Refer to PCPIntro(1)
298 for a complete description of the syntax for starttime.
299 -t interval, --interval=interval
301 The default update interval may be set to something other than the
302 default 1 second. The interval argument follows the syntax de‐
303 scribed in PCPIntro(1), and in the simplest form may be an un‐
304 signed integer (the implied units in this case are seconds). See
305 also the -T option.
306 -T endtime, --finish=endtime
308 When reporting archived metrics, the report will be restricted to
309 those records logged before or at endtime. Refer to PCPIntro(1)
310 for a complete description of the syntax for endtime.
311 When used to define the runtime before pcp2zabbix will exit, if no
313 samples is given (see -s) then the number of reported samples de‐
314 pends on interval (see -t). If samples is given then interval
315 will be adjusted to allow reporting of samples during runtime. In
316 case all of -T, -s, and -t are given, endtime determines the actu‐
317 al time pcp2zabbix will run.
318 -v, --omit-flat
320 Omit single-valued ``flat'' metrics from reporting, only consider
321 set-valued metrics (i.e., metrics with multiple values) for re‐
322 porting. See -i and -I.
323 -V, --version
325 Display version number and exit.
326 -x prefix, --zabbix-prefix=prefix
328 Metrics prefix for measurements sent to the server.
329 -X hostname, --zabbix-host=hostname
331 Specify the agent hostname as registered in Zabbix frontend.
332 -y scale, --time-scale=scale
334 Unit/scale for time metrics, possible values include nanosec, ns,
335 microsec, us, millisec, ms, and so forth up to hour, hr. This op‐
336 tion will not override possible per-metric specifications. See
337 also pmParseUnitsStr(3).
338 -Y scale, --time-scale-force=scale
340 Like -y but this option will override per-metric specifications.
341 -?, --help
343 Display usage message and exit.
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346 pcp2zabbix.conf
347 pcp2zabbix configuration file (see -c)
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350 Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to parameterize the
351 file and directory names used by PCP. On each installation, the file
352 /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. The
353 $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration
354 file, as described in pcp.conf(5).
355 For environment variables affecting PCP tools, see pmGetOptions(3).
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359 mkaf(1), PCPIntro(1), pcp(1), pcp2elasticsearch(1), pcp2graphite(1),
360 pcp2influxdb(1), pcp2json(1), pcp2spark(1), pcp2xlsx(1), pcp2xml(1),
361 pmcd(1), pminfo(1), pmrep(1), pmGetOptions(3), pmSpecLocalPMDA(3), pm‐
362 LoadDerivedConfig(3), pmParseUnitsStr(3), pmRegisterDerived(3), zbx‐
363 pcp(3), LOGARCHIVE(5), pcp.conf(5), pmns(5) and pmrep.conf(5).
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