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MUNIN-NODE(8) Munin MUNIN-NODE(8)

NAME

munin-node - A daemon which gathers information from the local node

DESCRIPTION

munin-node is a daemon for reporting statistics on system performance.

By default, it is started at boot time, listens on port 4949/TCP, accepts connections from the munin master, and runs munin plugins on demand.

OPTIONS

Use <file> as configuration file. [/etc/munin/munin-node.conf]

Only run plugins owned by root. Check permissions as well. Can be negated with –noparanoia [–noparanoia]

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View debug messages.

NOTE:

This can be very verbose.



Plugin debug. Sets the environment variable MUNIN_DEBUG to 1 so that plugins may enable debugging.

CONFIGURATION

The configuration file is munin-node.conf.

FILES

/etc/munin/munin-node.conf

/etc/munin/plugins/*

/etc/munin/plugin-conf.d/*

/var/run/munin/munin-node.pid

/var/log/munin/munin-node.log

SEE ALSO

munin-node.conf

EXAMPLE CONFIGURATION

# /etc/munin/munin-node.conf - config-file for munin-node
#
host_name random.example.org
log_level 4
log_file /var/log/munin/munin-node.log
pid_file /var/run/munin/munin-node.pid
background 1
setsid 1
# Which port to bind to;
host [::]
port 4949
user root
group root
# Regexps for files to ignore
ignore_file ~$
ignore_file \.bak$
ignore_file %$
ignore_file \.dpkg-(tmp|new|old|dist)$
ignore_file \.rpm(save|new)$
ignore_file \.puppet-bak$
# Hosts to allow
cidr_allow 127.0.0.0/8
cidr_allow 192.0.2.129/32


SEE ALSO

See munin for an overview over munin.

AUTHOR

Audun Ytterdal, Jimmy Olsen, Matthew Boyle, Tore Anderson

COPYRIGHT

2012-2022, The Munin project and its contributors

February 10, 2022 2.1