GATHERD(8)

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version 2.2.9 · 2 versions
, in fedora 43

💖 GATHERD(8) 💖

okay bestie, buckle UP, because we're about to talk about gatherd — that's the SBLIM metric collection daemon, from the Linux Programmers Manual, and she is the girl 💅

✨ NAME ✨

gatherd — the SBLIM metric collection daemon, no cap 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

gatherd [argument]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So. gatherd is a system daemon, right? And her whole job — her entire main character arc — is collecting performance metrics for all kinds of different components through a set of metric plugins. 🧚

Once she's got that raw metric data? She does not hoard it. She forwards it straight to a separate repository daemon, and that daemon could be chillin' locally or living remotely (peep reposd(8) for that whole situation). Where the repository destination is, where the plugin directory lives, and all the other configurable options you can tweak — that's all covered over in the configuration file man page (check gatherd.conf(5), she's got the deets ✨).

You can also control gatherd while she's running, at runtime, using the gatherctl(8) command. Which means — and this is the iconic part — you can load and unload metric plugins online without ever having to restart gatherd. No downtime, no drama, no restart. We love a flexible queen. 👑

The whole primary goal of the sblim-gather package is implementing the DMTF's Base Metric Model (DSP1053). And like, yeah, gatherd, reposd(8), and their plugins can absolutely be used standalone — but the real glow-up? That comes from using their CIM provider layer in conjunction with a CIM Object Manager (see cimserver(1)). 💫 If you want more info about CIM and the Base Metric Model, go check out the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) at http://www.dmtf.org 🌈

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

  • argument — bestie, gatherd daemonizes by default, that's just her nature. But if you pass any value on the command line, she'll run in the terminal instead. Any value. Literally any. 😭

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /etc/gatherd.conf — this file is where all the daemon configuration settings live. See gatherd.conf(5) for more info, iykyk 💜

💀 BUGS 💀

The SBLIM project keeps a mailing list, and honestly? That's where you should direct all your questions about sfcb, sfcc, wbemcli, the metric data gatherer, or literally any of the SBLIM providers. To subscribe to that list, go visit:

https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sblim-issues

And please — pretty please — report any bugs you discover to the bug tracker. The SBLIM project bug tracking page lives right here:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=128809&atid=712784

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Please refer to the AUTHORS file distributed with sblim-gather. 🫶

Copyright © 2003-2012 IBM Corp.

💅 LICENSE 💅

gatherd is distributed under the terms of the Eclipse Public License ("Agreement"). Any use, reproduction or distribution of this program constitutes recipients acceptance of the agreement. (yes, it's giving very serious legal energy, we respect it 🙈)

You can obtain a current copy of the Eclipse Public License from:

http://www.opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

gatherctl(8), gatherd.conf(5), reposd(8), cimserver(1)

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one's from sblim-gather-2.2.9, dated 07/25/2025 — go forth and gather those metrics, you absolute icon 💖✨🦋

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