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.TH PMDABPFTRACE 1 "PCP" "Performance Co-Pilot"
.SH NAME
\fBpmdabpftrace\fP \- bpftrace PMDA
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBpmdabpftrace\fP is a Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) Performance Metrics
Domain Agent (PMDA) which exports metrics from
.BR bpftrace (8)
scripts.
.SH CONFIGURATION
\fBpmdabpftrace\fP reads an optional ini-style configuration file:
.IP
.PD 0
.IP
.I \f(CW$PCP_PMDAS_DIR\fP/bpftrace/bpftrace.conf
.PD
.PP
This file may contain \fB[authentication]\fP and \fB[bpftrace]\fP
sections.
Please refer to
.B https://pcp.io/docs/lab.auth.html
on how to setup authentication which is \fBhighly recommended\fP
as otherwise anyone could run any
.BR bpftrace (8)
script as
.BR root .
.PP
.B [authentication]
section specifies values for the following settings
(their default values are shown in parenthesis):
.TP 15
.B enabled \fR(\fP\fITrue\fP\fR)\fP
A boolean value to specify whether authention is required or not.
Please see the note above on authention setup.
.TP
.B allowed_users \fR(\fP\fIroot\fP\fR)\fP
A comma-separated list of usernames which are allowed to register
.BR bpftrace (8)
scripts.
.PP
.B [bpftrace]
section specifies values for the following settings
(their default values are shown in parenthesis):
.TP 15
.B bpftrace_path \fR(\fP\fIbpftrace\fP\fR)\fP
Path to the
.BR bpftrace (8)
executable.
.TP
.B script_expiry_time \fR(\fP\fI60\fP\fR)\fP
Unnamed scripts are removed after this period of time (in seconds)
in case there has been no requests for their values.
.SH INSTALLATION
To install, the following must be done as root:
.sp 1
.RS +4
.ft B
.nf
# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/bpftrace
# ./Install
.fi
.ft P
.RE
.sp 1
To uninstall, the following must be done as root:
.sp 1
.RS +4
.ft B
.nf
# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/bpftrace
# ./Remove
.fi
.ft P
.RE
.sp 1
\fBpmdabpftrace\fP is launched by \fBpmcd\fP(1) and should never be
executed directly.
The \fBInstall\fP and \fBRemove\fP scripts notify \fBpmcd\fP(1) when
the agent is installed or removed.
.SH FILES
.TP 5
.I \f(CW$PCP_PMDAS_DIR\fP/bpftrace/bpftrace.conf
configuration file for the \fBpmdabpftrace\fR agent
.TP
.I \f(CW$PCP_PMDAS_DIR\fP/bpftrace/Install
installation script for the \fBpmdabpftrace\fR agent
.TP
.I \f(CW$PCP_PMDAS_DIR\fP/bpftrace/Remove
undo installation script for the \fBpmdabpftrace\fR agent
.TP
.I \f(CW$PCP_LOG_DIR\fP/pmcd/bpftrace.log
default log file for messages from the \fBpmdabpftrace\fR agent
.PP
Note that the usual/default value for \fB$PCP_PMDAS_DIR\fP is
.B /var/lib/pcp/pmdas
and the default for \fB$PCP_LOG_DIR\fP is
.B /var/log/pcp
but these settings are platform dependent.
.SH PCP ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables with the prefix \fBPCP_\fP are used to parameterize
the file and directory names used by PCP.
On each installation, the
file \fI/etc/pcp.conf\fP contains the local values for these variables.
The \fB$PCP_CONF\fR variable may be used to specify an alternative
configuration file, as described in \fBpcp.conf\fR(5).
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR PCPIntro (1),
.BR pmcd (1)
and
.BR bpftrace (8).