syscollectord(1) ================ Sebastian "tokkee" Harl version {package_version}, {build_date} :doctype: manpage NAME ---- syscollectord - system management collection service SYNOPSIS -------- *syscollectord* ['options'] DESCRIPTION ----------- *syscollectord* is a multi-backend system management and inventory collection daemon. It may be used to collect information from various backends (e.g., inventory services, monitoring services, configuration services) and provides a uniform combined view of all data. The main daemon itself is the central instance managing all collected information and doing the correlation of objects provided by different backends. It can be thought of as a database server. All data retrieval, any further processing, storing and exporting of data is done by plugins. OPTIONS ------- *syscollectord* accepts the following command-line options. *-C* '':: The main configuration file. This file defines the behavior of *syscollectord* by specifying default settings and the plugins to be loaded. *-d*:: Daemonize on startup: Start *syscollectord* as a background process detached from the current terminal and session. *-h*:: Display a usage and help summary and exit. *-V*:: Display the version number and copyright information. EXIT CODES ---------- *0*:: Success. *1*:: Failure (syntax or usage error). BUGS ---- None known. AUTHOR ------ syscollectord was written by Sebastian "tokkee" Harl . COPYRIGHT --------- Copyright (C) 2012 Sebastian "tokkee" Harl This is free software under the terms of the BSD license, see the source for copying conditions. There is NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. // vim: set tw=78 sw=4 ts=4 noexpandtab spell spelllang=en_us :