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evmdaemon.conf(4)

NAME

evmdaemon.conf - EVM daemon configuration file

SYNOPSIS

sourcedir directory authtimeout time_seconds synctimeout time_seconds portnum port_number start_sync command remote_connection bool_par activity_monitor { name detector period detect_period threshold detect_thold holdoff detect_delay } service { name service_name command service_command }

DESCRIPTION

The EVM daemon configuration file, evmdaemon.conf, is a text file that contains commands used to configure and start the Event Manager. Any portion of a line from an unquoted number sign (#) to the end of line is a comment. Blank lines are ignored. The following commands are recognized: sourcedir directory Names the directory that should be searched for event template files. The default is /usr/share/evm/templates. authtimeout time_seconds Time to wait for a newly established client to respond to an authentication request. The default is 10 seconds. synctimeout time_seconds Time within which a synchronized client must achieve synchronization completing a connection request and subscribing for events. The default is 30 seconds. portnum port_number The port number for TCP communication with remote clients. If not specified, the evm port number found in /etc/services is used if present; otherwise the reserved default value of 619 is used. start_sync command The complete command line for programs that should be started as synchronized clients when the daemon starts. This command should be enclosed in double quotation marks ("). remote_connection bool_par Determines the permission for connections through a remote TCP port. If bool_par evaluates to TRUE, remote connection is permitted. The default is not permitted. The bool_par parameter should be True or False. activity_monitor A parameter group that controls a daemon event monitoring facility. An activity_monitor definition consists of: name detector The type of detector controlled by the group parameters. period detect_period The size, in minutes, of a periodically sliding time window over which events will be counted. threshold detect_thold The number of events that will activate the monitor if counted in period. holdoff detect_delay The time delay, in minutes, after activation of the activity monitor occurs before monitoring is resumed. The evmreload command will reset the delay. service Defines services that are available through the daemon. A service definition consists of the name of the service and the command line that will be invoked when this service is requested. User-defined services are not currently supported. A service definition consists of: name service_name The name given to the service. command service_command The command to be invoked when this service is requested. This command should be enclosed in double quotation marks ("). The keywords described may be entered in a case-insensitive manner. The allowable strings and the minimum number of characters is shown in the following table. A minimum of zero (0) indicates that all characters are required. ___________________________ Keyword Minimum ___________________________ activity_monitor 0 authtimeout 8 command 4 filterdir 7 holdoff 0 name 0 period 0 portnum 4 remote_connection 0 service 7 sourcedir 7 start_sync 0 synctimeout 8 threshold 0 ___________________________ The activity monitor detectors recognized, and the action taken when the monitor is activated are the following: ________________________________________ Detector Action ________________________________________ event_count post an event to alert the system administrator ________________________________________

EXAMPLES

This is an example of an EVM daemon configuration file that does the following: 1. Specifies that event templates are found in the directory /usr/share/evm/templates. 2. Starts the EVM Logger and the EVM Channel Manager as synchronized clients when the daemon is started. 3. Defines a service available through the EVM daemon. 4. Establishes an activity monitor that will alert the system administrator if 500 events occur in any 10 minute span. Once the system administrator has been alerted, the activity monitor will remain dormant for four hours. 5. Disables connections from remote hosts. # Event template directory: sourcedir "/usr/share/evm/templates" # Start the EVM Logger as a synchronized client: start_sync "/usr/sbin/evmlogger \ -o /var/run/evmlogger.info \ -l /var/evm/adm/logfiles/evmlogger.log" # Start the EVM Channel Manager as a synchronized client: start_sync "/usr/sbin/evmchmgr \ -l /var/evm/adm/logfiles/evmchmgr.log" # Event retrieval service definition: service { name event_get command "/usr/sbin/evmget_srv" } # Set up an activity monitor. activity_monitor { name event_count # currently the only supported monitor period 10 # count over a 10 minute period threshold 500 # perform action after 500 events holdoff 240 # wait 4 hours before resuming } # Disable remote communication (set following to "true" to enable) remote_connection false

FILES

/etc/evm.auth Location of the EVM authorization file. /etc/evmdaemon.conf Location of the EVM daemon configuration file. /etc/services Definition of the sockets and protocols used for Internet services.

SEE ALSO

Commands: evmd(8), evmreload(8) Files: services(4) Event Management: EVM(5)

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