pmm-agent - PMM Client agent

NAME

pmm-agent - The PMM Client daemon program.

SYNOPSIS

pmm-agent [command] [options]

DESCRIPTION

pmm-agent, part of the PMM Client package, runs as a daemon process on all monitored hosts.

COMMANDS

pmm-agent run

Run pmm-agent (default).

pmm-agent setup [node-address] [node-type] [node-name]

Configure local pmm-agent (requires root permissions)

pmm-agent help [command]

Show help (for command) and exit.

OPTIONS AND ENVIRONMENT

Most options can be set via environment variables (shown in parentheses).

Option	Environment variable	Description
--server-password=SERVER-PASSWORD	PMM_AGENT_SERVER_PASSWORD	Password to connect to PMM Server.
--server-username=SERVER-USERNAME	PMM_AGENT_SERVER_USERNAME	Username to connect to PMM Server.
--server-address=host:port	PMM_AGENT_SERVER_ADDRESS	PMM Server address and port number.
--server-insecure-tls	PMM_AGENT_SERVER_INSECURE_TLS	Skip PMM Server TLS certificate validation.
--az=AZ	PMM_AGENT_SETUP_AZ	Node availability zone.
--config-file=path_to/pmm-agent.yaml	PMM_AGENT_CONFIG_FILE	Configuration file path and name.
--container-id=CONTAINER-ID	PMM_AGENT_SETUP_CONTAINER_ID	Container ID.
--container-name=CONTAINER-NAME	PMM_AGENT_SETUP_CONTAINER_NAME	Container name.
--debug	PMM_AGENT_DEBUG	Enable debug output.
--distro=distro	PMM_AGENT_SETUP_DISTRO	Node OS distribution (default is auto-detected).
--force	PMM_AGENT_SETUP_FORCE	Remove Node with that name and all dependent Services and Agents (if existing).
--id=/agent_id/...	PMM_AGENT_ID	ID of this pmm-agent.
--listen-address=LISTEN-ADDRESS	PMM_AGENT_LISTEN_ADDRESS	Agent local API address.
--listen-port=LISTEN-PORT	PMM_AGENT_LISTEN_PORT	Agent local API port.
--machine-id=machine-id	PMM_AGENT_SETUP_MACHINE_ID	Node machine ID (default is auto-detected).
--metrics-mode=auto	PMM_AGENT_SETUP_METRICS_MODE	Metrics flow mode for agents node-exporter. Can be push (agent will push metrics), pull (server scrapes metrics from agent) or auto (chosen by server).
--node-model=NODE-MODEL	PMM_AGENT_SETUP_NODE_MODEL	Node model.
--paths-base=PATH	PMM_AGENT_PATHS_BASE	Base path for PMM client, where all binaries, tools and collectors are located. If not set, default is /usr/local/percona/pmm2.
--paths-exporters_base=PATH	PMM_AGENT_PATHS_EXPORTERS_BASE	Base path for exporters to use. If not set, or set to a relative path, uses value of --paths-base prepended to it.
--paths-mongodb_exporter=PATH	PMM_AGENT_PATHS_MONGODB_EXPORTER	Path to mongodb_exporter.
--paths-mysqld_exporter=PATH	PMM_AGENT_PATHS_MYSQLD_EXPORTER	Path to mysqld_exporter.
--paths-node_exporter=PATH	PMM_AGENT_PATHS_NODE_EXPORTER	Path to node_exporter.
--paths-postgres_exporter=PATH	PMM_AGENT_PATHS_POSTGRES_EXPORTER	Path to postgres_exporter.
--paths-proxysql_exporter=PATH	PMM_AGENT_PATHS_PROXYSQL_EXPORTER	Path to proxysql_exporter.
--paths-pt-summary=PATH	PMM_AGENT_PATHS_PT_SUMMARY	Path to pt-summary.
--paths-pt-mysql-summary=PATH	PMM_AGENT_PATHS_PT_MYSQL_SUMMARY	Path to pt-mysql-summary.
--paths-pt-pg-summary=PATH	PMM_AGENT_PATHS_PT_PG_SUMMARY	Path to pt-pg-summary.
--paths-tempdir=PATH	PMM_AGENT_PATHS_TEMPDIR	Temporary directory for exporters.
--ports-max=PORTS-MAX	PMM_AGENT_PORTS_MAX	Highest allowed port number for listening sockets.
--ports-min=PORTS-MIN	PMM_AGENT_PORTS_MIN	Lowest allowed port number for listening sockets.
--region=REGION	PMM_AGENT_SETUP_REGION	Node region.
--skip-registration	PMM_AGENT_SETUP_SKIP_REGISTRATION	Skip registration on PMM Server.
--trace	PMM_AGENT_TRACE	Enable trace output (implies --debug).
-h, --help		Show help (synonym for pmm-agent help).
--version		Show application version, PMM version, time-stamp, git commit hash and branch.
--expose-exporter (This flag is available starting with PMM 2.41.0.)		If you enable this flag, any IP address on the local network and anywhere on the internet can access node exporter endpoints. If the flag is disabled, node exporter endpoints can be accessed only locally.

USAGE AND EXAMPLES OF paths-base FLAG

Since 2.23.0 this flag could be used for easier setup of pmm agent. With this flag, the root permissions for PMM client aren’t needed anymore, and it will be

Since 2.23.0 this flag could be used for easier setup of PMM agent. With this flag the root permissions for PMM client aren’t needed anymore and it will be fully working.

Examples:

• Case 1: There are no root permissions for /usr/local/percona/pmm2 folder or there is a need to change default folder for PMM files. Command:

  pmm-agent setup --paths-base=/home/user/custom/pmm2 --config-file=pmm-agent-dev.yaml --server-insecure-tls --server-address=127.0.0.1:443 --server-username=admin --server-password=admin
  

  Config output:

  # Updated by `pmm-agent setup`.
  ---
  id: /agent_id/be568008-b1b4-4bd9-98c7-392d1f4b724e
  listen-address: 127.0.0.1
  listen-port: 7777
  server:
      address: 127.0.0.1:443
      username: admin
      password: admin
      insecure-tls: true
  paths:
      paths_base: /home/user/custom/pmm2
      exporters_base: /home/user/custom/pmm2/exporters
      node_exporter: /home/user/custom/pmm2/exporters/node_exporter
      mysqld_exporter: /home/user/custom/pmm2/exporters/mysqld_exporter
      mongodb_exporter: /home/user/custom/pmm2/exporters/mongodb_exporter
      postgres_exporter: /home/user/custom/pmm2/exporters/postgres_exporter
      proxysql_exporter: /home/user/custom/pmm2/exporters/proxysql_exporter
      rds_exporter: /home/user/custom/pmm2/exporters/rds_exporter
      azure_exporter: /home/user/custom/pmm2/exporters/azure_exporter
      vmagent: /home/user/custom/pmm2/exporters/vmagent
      tempdir: /tmp
      pt_summary: /home/user/custom/pmm2/tools/pt-summary
      pt_pg_summary: /home/user/custom/pmm2/tools/pt-pg-summary
      pt_mysql_summary: /home/user/custom/pmm2/tools/pt-mysql-summary
      pt_mongodb_summary: /home/user/custom/pmm2/tools/pt-mongodb-summary
  ports:
      min: 42000
      max: 51999
  debug: false
  trace: false
  

  As could be seen above, base for all exporters and tools was changed only by setting --paths-base. With this tag the folder for PMM that doesn’t require root access could be specified.

• Case 2: The older --paths-exporters_base flag could be passed along with the --paths-base Command:

  pmm-agent setup --paths-base=/home/user/custom/pmm2 --paths-exporters_base=/home/user/exporters --config-file=pmm-agent-dev.yaml --server-insecure-tls --server-address=127.0.0.1:443 --server-username=admin --server-password=admin
  

  Config output:

  # Updated by `pmm-agent setup`.
  ---
  id: /agent_id/afce1917-8836-4857-b3e5-ad372c2ddbe5
  listen-address: 127.0.0.1
  listen-port: 7777
  server:
      address: 127.0.0.1:443
      username: admin
      password: admin
      insecure-tls: true
  paths:
      paths_base: /home/user/custom/pmm2
      exporters_base: /home/user/exporters
      node_exporter: /home/user/exporters/node_exporter
      mysqld_exporter: /home/user/exporters/mysqld_exporter
      mongodb_exporter: /home/user/exporters/mongodb_exporter
      postgres_exporter: /home/user/exporters/postgres_exporter
      proxysql_exporter: /home/user/exporters/proxysql_exporter
      rds_exporter: /home/user/exporters/rds_exporter
      azure_exporter: /home/user/exporters/azure_exporter
      vmagent: /home/user/exporters/vmagent
      tempdir: /tmp
      pt_summary: /home/user/custom/pmm2/tools/pt-summary
      pt_pg_summary: /home/user/custom/pmm2/tools/pt-pg-summary
      pt_mysql_summary: /home/user/custom/pmm2/tools/pt-mysql-summary
      pt_mongodb_summary: /home/user/custom/pmm2/tools/pt-mongodb-summary
  ports:
      min: 42000
      max: 51999
  debug: false
  trace: false
  

  As could be seen above the behavior for the --paths-base was the same, but paths for all exporters were overwritten by the --paths-exporter_base flag.

Summary: Flag --paths-base will set path for all exporters and tools, but each one could be overridden by specific flag (like --paths-mongodb_exporter, --paths-pt-mysql-summary and etc).

LOGGING

By default, pmm-agent sends messages to stderr and to the system log (syslogd or journald on Linux).

To get a separate log file, edit the pmm-agent start-up script.

systemd-based systems

• Script file: /usr/lib/systemd/system/pmm-agent.service
• Parameter: StandardError
• Default value: file:/var/log/pmm-agent.log

Example:

StandardError=file:/var/log/pmm-agent.log

initd-based systems

• Script file: /etc/init.d/pmm-agent
• Parameter: pmm_log
• Default value: /var/log/pmm-agent.log

Example:

pmm_log="/var/log/pmm-agent.log"

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Last update: 2024-02-19