Rtcd

Calculates the availability percentages displayed on the Horizon home page. This daemon checks the database and updates availability data by sending REST calls to the server.

Horizon comes with a local rtc user account. This account is used by rtcd to send updates, and is granted access rights only for updating RTC data. Any modifications to this account can impact the server’s ability to update availability data.
Table 1. Rtcd configuration file overview
File Description Reload Event Restart Required

categories.xml

Defines categories for grouping availability data and which nodes apply to the categories. These are independent of node tags, and can use node tags to define the filter rules.

no

yes

rtc-configuration.xml

Defines properties of the RTC polling intervals.

no

yes

viewdisplay.xml

Defines which categories from categories.xml the home page displays.

no

yes

Table 2. Rtcd log file overview
File Description

rtcd.log

Logs relating to rtcd server events.