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#  pmdaopenvswitch(1) — Linux manual page

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    _PMDAOPENVSWITCH_(1)       General Commands Manual      _PMDAOPENVSWITCH_(1)
    

##  NAME  top

    
    
           **pmdaopenvswitch** - OpenvSwitch PMDA
    

##  DESCRIPTION  top

    
    
           **pmdaopenvswitch** is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA)
           which exports metric values for each openvswitch virtual switch
           configured on the local system.
    

##  INSTALLATION  top

    
    
           Install the openvswitch PMDA by using the Install script as root:
    
               **# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/openvswitch**
               **# ./Install**
    
           To uninstall, do the following as root:
    
               **# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/openvswitch**
               **# ./Remove**
    
           **pmdaopenvswitch** 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/openvswitch/Install**
               installation script for the **pmdaopenvswitch** agent
    
           **$PCP_PMDAS_DIR/openvswitch/Remove**
               undo installation script for the **pmdaopenvswitch** agent
    
           **$PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/openvswitch.log**
               default log file for error messages from **pmdaopenvswitch**
    

##  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), [pminfo(1)](../man1/pminfo.1.html) and [pmpython(1)](../man1/pmpython.1.html).
    

##  COLOPHON  top

    
    
           This page is part of the _PCP_ (Performance Co-Pilot) project.
           Information about the project can be found at 
           â¨<http://www.pcp.io/>â©.  If you have a bug report for this manual
           page, send it to pcp@groups.io.  This page was obtained from the
           project's upstream Git repository
           â¨<https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp.git>â© on 2023-12-22.
           (At that time, the date of the most recent commit that was found
           in the repository was 2023-12-16.)  If you discover any rendering
           problems in this HTML version of the page, or you believe there
           is a better or more up-to-date source for the page, or you have
           corrections or improvements to the information in this COLOPHON
           (which is _not_ part of the original manual page), send a mail to
           man-pages@man7.org
    
    Performance Co-Pilot               PCP                _PMDAOPENVSWITCH_(1)
    

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