myarmfiled

myarmfiled -- file based ARM data collection server

The myarmfiled program waits for new ARM data files in the configured directory which are copied to that directory by the file datasink.

Command line options

Usage:

myarmfiled [options]

Options

The myarmfiled command supports standard options described in appendix "Standard options" and Windows service options described in section "Agent servers as a Windows service".

Configuration

The myarmfiled program can be configured using the following properties in the configuration file.

filed.sink.name

specifies the data sink the received ARM data is written to. (See appendix "Configuring data sink component" for more details)

filed.basename

(New since "1.3.x.2") specifies the base name of the moved files. A 6-digit number will be appended to the base name to make the file unique. Default is myarm.data.

filed.directory

defines the directory to scan for new ARM data files. Default directory is /tmp/myarmfiles.

filed.directory.scan.period

defines the number of seconds to scan the directory for new files. Default is 5 seconds.

filed.directory.scan.keep_corrupt

boolean which defines if corrupted ARM data files should be kept or not. If kept the file is renamed by adding the suffix .corrupt. Default is true.

filed.pidfile

defines the file where the myarmfiled program writes its process id to. Default is /tmp/myarmfiled.pid.

filed.user, filed.group

user and group identification for the running myarmfiled. (See configuration section for more details)

filed.log.*

defines the logging message options and destination for the myarmfiled program. (See appendix "Configuring Log facility" for more details)

filed.sink.thread.queue.size

(Obsolete since "1.4.x.2")

filed.sink.thread.queue.info_level

(Obsolete since "1.4.x.2")

filed.sink.thread.queue.warn_level

(Obsolete since "1.4.x.2")

Configuration example

# set up directory to move closed work files to (read from myarmfiled)
filed.directory = /opt/myarm/var/myarmfiles
# set up base name for file names within above directory.
filed.basename  = myarm.data
# myarmfiled daemon process user name
filed.user = myarm
# myarmfiled daemon process group name
filed.group = myarm
# myarmfiled daemon configuration section
filed.pidfile = /opt/myarm/var/filed.pid
# set up command host/interface myarmfiled is listening on
filed.cmd.host = localhost
# set up port myarmfiled is listening for incoming command
# connections
filed.cmd.port = 5554

Server commands

The myarmfiled program supports currently only the standard server commands as described in section server command tool.

See Also