MUNIN-NODE-C(1)

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version 0.0.13 · 4 versions
, in ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

✨ NAME ✨

munin-node-c — a single binary implementing the node functionality, bestie 💅 (it lives in the Munin C Documentation corner of the manual, section 1, and honestly? it's giving minimal and iconic)

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so listen 🫶 the munin-node-c binary can handle a single connection to a Munin node, and it does the whole thing over stdin and stdout. that's it, that's the vibe. one connection, in and out, no cap.

the way it's usually run is from an inetd like superserver 👑 so it's not really a "you sit down and chat with it" situation — it's more of a "the superserver hands it one client and it slays that one interaction" situation. main character energy, but for exactly one scene 🎀

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

  • -d plugin_directory — tell it which directory to go look up plugins in 💖 this directory usually contains symbolic links to installed plugins and executable scripts, so it's like the little group chat of everything your node knows how to do. the plugins get executed on request by the client to retrieve statistics about the system, and yes bestie, that's the actual job.
  • -e — enable extension stripping ✨ when you give this option, filename extensions in plugins are ignored. this one is mainly useful on operating systems where extensions are relevant for execution — so like, if your OS is the type to care about the .sh at the end, this is your girl 🦋
  • -H hostname — specify the hostname with which the node should greet clients 🌸 yes it literally greets them, it's polite, it has manners, we love that for it 💜

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Helmut Grohne, Steve Schnepp — absolute legends, fr fr 🔥

lowkey a tiny manpage, highkey does exactly one thing and does it well. no notes 💯

and that's the whole page, bestie 🥰 this was from the unknown source, version situation, dated 2019-02-17 — so like, it's been out here being iconic since 2019 and we're still obsessed. bye pookie 🫶💖

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