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.TH PANDORA_AGENT 1 "2010-05-11" "3.1" "PANDORA FMS General Commands Manual"
.SH NAME
pandora_agent \- Pandora FMS software agent
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /usr/bin/pandora_agent
<configuration_file>
.P
.\" The run/stop command line
.B /etc/init.d/pandora_agent_daemon 
[
.B stop
|
.B start
|
.B restart
]
.SH DESCRIPTION

.B Pandora FMS Agent  
is a perl-based application, which collects information about local system, running commands and gathering its output to create a XML data file, sent to Pandora FMS server.

It uses /etc/pandora/pandora_agent.conf to define what information is gathered and how to get it, running local commands. It uses a startup script on /etc/init.d/pandora_agent_daemon to control the status of the agent service.

Pandora FMS agent uses tentacle_client to transfer information, but can also transmit that information using a local filesystem copy (NFS, SMB, local), SSH or FTP.

You can get more information at the official website at:

http://openideas.info/wiki/index.php?title=Pandora_3.0:Documentation_en
.SH NOTES
Pandora FMS Agent requires Perl 5.8 or higher to works

.SH FILES
/usr/bin/pandora_agent
.br
/etc/init.d/pandora_agent_daemon
.br
/etc/pandora/pandora_agent.conf

.SH SEE ALSO
pandora_server(1), tentacle(1)