Hi,
below is an attempt to clarify the web services sections in the Quick Reference
Guide a bit now that we have first builds available.
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@@ -475,7 +475,10 @@ This example shows a PMIE script, checks its syntax, runs
it against an archive,
<a name="web"></a>
<H1>PCP Web Services</H1>
-<P>A daemon for exporting PCP metrics using a REST web service (over
HTTP/JSON) is also available. Use this for viewing or monitoring PCP metrics
in a web browser - several web interfaces are becoming available (also via the
pcp-webapi package) to make this a reality.
+<a name="pmwebd"></a>
+<H3>Performance Metrics Web Daemon</H3>
+
+<P>Performance Metrics Web Daemon (<a
href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/pmwebd.1.html">pmwebd(1)</a>) is a
front-end to both PMCD and PCP archives, providing a REST web service (over
HTTP/JSON) suitable for use by web-based tools wishing to access performance
data over HTTP. Custom applications can access all the available PCP
information using this method, including custom metrics generated by custom
PMDAs.
<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=20>
<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#e2e2e2" WIDTH="70%"><BR><IMG
SRC="images/stepfwd_on.png" ALT="" WIDTH=16 HEIGHT=16
BORDER=0> To install the PCP web service on Fedora/RHEL:<br><B>
@@ -490,17 +493,12 @@ This example shows a PMIE script, checks its syntax, runs
it against an archive,
</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
-<a name="pmwebd"></a>
-<H3>Performance Metrics Web Daemon</H3>
-
-<P>Performance Metrics Web Daemon (<a
href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/pmwebd.1.html">pmwebd(1)</a>) is a
front-end to both PMCD and PCP archives, providing a JSON interface suitable
for use by web-based tools wishing to access performance data over HTTP. Custom
applications can access all the available PCP information using this method,
including custom metrics generated by custom PMDAs.
-
<a name="browse"></a>
-<H3>Web Interface for Performance Metrics</H3>
+<H3>User Web Interface for Performance Metrics</H3>
-<P>Several browser interfaces for accessing PCP performance metrics are
available. These web interfaces make PCP metrics available via your choice of
<A HREF="http://grafana.org/">Grafana</A> or <A
HREF="http://graphite.wikidot.com/">Graphite</A>.
+<P>Several browser interfaces for accessing PCP performance metrics are also
available. These web interfaces make PCP metrics available via your choice of
<A HREF="http://grafana.org/">Grafana</A> or <A
HREF="http://graphite.wikidot.com/">Graphite</A>.
-<P>Install the PCP web services daemon as described above, and the contents of
the <B>pcp-webjs</B> package (platform-independent HTML and Javascript) into
/usr/share/pcp/webapps, then point a browser toward <a
href="http://localhost:44323">http://localhost:44323</a>.
+<P>After installing the PCP web services daemon as described above, install
the pcp-webjs package and then just point a browser toward <a
href="http://localhost:44323">http://localhost:44323</a>.
<a name="custom"></a>
<H1>Customizing and Extending PCP</H1>
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Marko Myllynen
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