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NAME top

   **pmdaConnect** - establish a connection between a daemon PMDA and
   PMCD

C SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <pcp/pmapi.h>**
   **#include <pcp/pmda.h>**

   **void pmdaConnect(pmdaInterface ***_dispatch_**);**

   **cc ... -lpcp_pmda -lpcp**

DESCRIPTION top

   **pmdaConnect** initializes an IPC channel between a [PMDA(3)](../man3/PMDA.3.html) and the
   [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) process on the local host.  The type of the connection is
   dependent on the _eio_ field of the **pmdaExt** structure:

   **pmdaPipe**
          Use **stdin**/**stdout** to communicate; assumes this is a pipe
          created by **pmcd** before the [PMDA(3)](../man3/PMDA.3.html) was launched.

   **pmdaInet**
          Assume [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) will establish a connection to an IPv4
          internet domain socket set up by the [PMDA(3)](../man3/PMDA.3.html).  The name or
          number of the port must be specified in the _esockname_ or
          _eport_ fields of the **pmdaExt** structure, respectively.

   **pmdaIPv6**
          Assume [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) will establish a connection to an IPv6
          internet domain socket set up by the [PMDA(3)](../man3/PMDA.3.html).  The name or
          number of the port must be specified in the _esockname_ or
          _eport_ fields of the **pmdaExt** structure, respectively.

   **pmdaUnix**
          Assume [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) will establish a connection to a unix domain
          socket set up by the [PMDA(3)](../man3/PMDA.3.html).  The port number must be
          specified in the _eport_ field of the **pmdaExt structure.**

   **pmdaUnknown**
          The initial value of _eio_ which defaults to using
          **stdin**/**stdout**.

   The relevant **pmdaExt** fields are initialized by [pmdaDaemon(3)](../man3/pmdaDaemon.3.html) and
   set by [pmdaGetOpt(3)](../man3/pmdaGetOpt.3.html) or [pmdaGetOptions(3)](../man3/pmdaGetOptions.3.html) so most PMDAs should not
   need to access or modify them.

   Traditionally most PMDAs have called **pmdaConnect** after calls to
   [pmdaDaemon(3)](../man3/pmdaDaemon.3.html), [pmdaGetOptions(3)](../man3/pmdaGetOptions.3.html) (or [pmdaGetOpt(3)](../man3/pmdaGetOpt.3.html)) and
   [pmdaInit(3)](../man3/pmdaInit.3.html).  If the PMDA requires significant processing at
   startup to identify the available metrics and/or instance domains
   before [pmdaInit(3)](../man3/pmdaInit.3.html) can be called, then it risks timing out during
   the handshake protocol that starts as soon as [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) launches the
   PMDA and does not conclude until **pmdaConnect** is called.  In this
   case, it is advisable to move the **pmdaConnect** call, so that it
   comes _after_ the call to [pmdaGetOptions(3)](../man3/pmdaGetOptions.3.html) (or [pmdaGetOpt(3)](../man3/pmdaGetOpt.3.html)) and
   _before_ the call to [pmdaInit(3)](../man3/pmdaInit.3.html).

CAVEAT top

   The PMDA must be using **PMDA_INTERFACE_2** or later, as specified in
   the call to [pmdaDaemon(3)](../man3/pmdaDaemon.3.html).

DIAGNOSTICS top

   **pmdaConnect** will log the type of connection made to [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html) if the
   [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html) debugging option **libpmda** has been set in the global
   debugging specification, as described in [pmSetDebug(3)](../man3/pmSetDebug.3.html).

   If an error occurs that is unrecoverable, _dispatch->status_ is set
   to a value less than 0, otherwise it is zero or positive.

SEE ALSO top

   [pmcd(1)](../man1/pmcd.1.html), [pipe(2)](../man2/pipe.2.html), [socket(2)](../man2/socket.2.html), [PMAPI(3)](../man3/PMAPI.3.html), [PMDA(3)](../man3/PMDA.3.html), [pmdaDaemon(3)](../man3/pmdaDaemon.3.html),
   [pmdaGetOpt(3)](../man3/pmdaGetOpt.3.html), [pmdaGetOptions(3)](../man3/pmdaGetOptions.3.html) and [pmdaInit(3)](../man3/pmdaInit.3.html).

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