MUNIN-NODE(1p)

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version 2.0.76 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NAME ✨

munin-node — bestie, it's a daemon that gathers info in cooperation with the main Munin program 💖 (yes this is the munin-node(1p) page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and it's lowkey iconic)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

munin-node [--options]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like. munin-node is a daemon for reporting statistics on system performance. That's the whole vibe. 🫶

Here's the tea though — it does not produce those stats itself, no ma'am. It relies on a whole squad of plugins, and those plugins are the ones responsible for gathering the data they need and describing how it should be graphed. So basically munin-node is the friend who doesn't cook but knows exactly who to call. 😭

Fr fr, it does little more than fielding requests from the Munin master, running the appropriate plugins, and returning the output they produce. That's it. That's the job. Main character energy, minimal effort, we love that for her. 💅

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • --config <configfile> — use <file> as configuration file. Default vibe: [/etc/munin/munin-node.conf] ✨
  • --[no]paranoia — only run plugins owned by root. It checks permissions as well. Default is [--noparanoia], so like, paranoia is off unless you say otherwise. 🔥
  • --help — view this help message. That's it, that's the whole thing. 🎀
  • --[no]debug — view debug messages. Heads up bestie, this can be very verbose. Like, very. 🙈
  • --[no]pidebug — plugin debug. It sets the environment variable MUNIN_DEBUG to 1 so that plugins may enable debugging. Default: [--nopidebug]. 🧚

🌈 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

⭐ VERSION ⭐

This is munin-node v2.0.76 💜

👑 AUTHORS 👑

Audun Ytterdal, Jimmy Olsen, and Tore Anderson. Legends, honestly. 🫡

Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Audun Ytterdal, Jimmy Olsen, and Tore Anderson / Linpro AS.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. So if it breaks, it breaks, and nobody promised you otherwise. 😭

This program is released under the GNU General Public License. ✨

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

For information on configuration options, please refer to the man page for munin-node.conf.

Many plugins can report whether or not they can reasonably be used on the node. "munin-node-configure" can use this information to help manage installed plugins. Slay. 🔥

The network protocol is documented at <http://munin-monitoring.org/wiki/network-protocol> 🦋

okay that's the whole page bestie, go forth and monitor some stats 💖 This was munin-node(1p), running on perl v5.40.1, dated 2025-05-20. Periodt. 💅🌸

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