PMDAUNBOUND(1)

💅 PMDAUNBOUND(1) — like, the General Commands Manual entry, bestie

okay so this is pmdaunbound — that's the whole vibe, that's the name, periodt.

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✨ NAME ✨

pmdaunbound — the Unbound resolver PMDA 🦋

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

pmdaunbound is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA), and what it does is export metric values about the Unbound DNS resolver using the unbound-control(8) stats_noreset command. that's it, that's the job 💖

and the payoff?? it gives you so much insight into query types, response time, cache hits/misses, etc. literally a whole personality reveal for your resolver. if you wanna know what each statistics counter actually means, go read the unbound-control(8) man page — it explains every single one, no cap 📖

want even more on the Unbound DNS resolver itself? it lives at https://unbound.net/ — go be nosy, you're allowed 🌈

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🎀 INSTALLATION 🎀

install the Unbound PMDA by running the Install script as root:

# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/unbound
# ./Install

and to uninstall, do this as root too:

# cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/unbound
# ./Remove

real talk though: pmdaunbound is launched by pmcd(1) and should never be executed directly. like, don't. 🙈

the Install and Remove scripts are the ones that notify pmcd(1) when the agent gets installed or removed, so they handle the whole announcement. very main character of them 👑

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🧚 FILES 🧚

• $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/unbound/Install — the installation script for the pmdaunbound agent
• $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/unbound/Remove — the undo installation script for the pmdaunbound agent
• $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/unbound.log — the default log file where error messages from pmdaunbound go 🍓

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💜 PCP ENVIRONMENT 💜

environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are what parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. on each installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for these variables. and the $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5). iykyk 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

PCPIntro(1), pmcd(1), unbound(8) and unbound-control(8).

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that's the whole page bestie, go forth and monitor your resolver 💖✨

this was Performance Co-Pilot's PCP release of PMDAUNBOUND(1) — mwah, slay, bye 🫶👑