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PMDANUTCRACKER(1) General Commands Manual PMDANUTCRACKER(1)

NAME top

   **pmdanutcracker** - NutCracker performance metrics domain agent
   (PMDA)

DESCRIPTION top

   This PMDA extracts performance data from NutCracker (or
   TwemProxy), a fast and lightweight proxy for memcached and Redis
   protocol.

INSTALLATION top

   Configure to export statistics via its stats interface (see
   --stats-port option to the **nutcracker** server).  The corresponding
   configuration must be reflected in the
   $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/nutcracker/nutcracker.conf file.

       **# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/nutcracker**
       **# [ edit nutcracker.conf ]**

   Once this is setup, you can access the names and values for the
   nutcracker performance metrics by doing the following as root:

       **# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/nutcracker**
       **# ./Install**

   To uninstall, the following must be done as root:

       **# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/nutcracker**
       **# ./Remove**

   **pmdanutcracker** is launched by [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) and should never be executed
   directly. The Install and Remove scripts notify [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) when the
   agent is installed or removed.

FILES top

   **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/nutcracker/nutcracker.conf**
       mandatory configuration file listing monitored memcache or
       Redis instances

   **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/nutcracker/Install**
       installation script for the **pmdanutcracker** agent

   **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/nutcracker/Remove**
       undo installation script for the **pmdanutcracker** agent

   **$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/nutcracker.log**
       default log file for error messages from **pmdanutcracker**

PCP ENVIRONMENT top

   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)](../man5/pcp.conf.5.html).

SEE ALSO top

   [PCPIntro(1)](../man1/PCPIntro.1.html), [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html), [pmdamemcache(1)](../man1/pmdamemcache.1.html) and [pmdaredis(1)](../man1/pmdaredis.1.html).

COLOPHON top

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