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It is assumed that you will be using the same server for monitoring and backup. To setup munin to gather client statistics, follow the procedure below.

Add a firewall rule to allow the server to get the stats:
 ufw allow 4949

To install munin, type the following:
 apt-get install munin
Add the clients to the '''/etc/munin/munin.conf''' file as follows.

Open the file for editing.
 nano /etc/munin/munin.conf
Add one of the following for each client:
<pre>
 [%hostname-of-client%]
    use_node_name yes
    address %ip-address-of-client%
</pre>
Setup the munin server.
 munin-check
Wait for about 5 to 10 minutes for munin to gather data and then check out the stats as follows.

Open a web browser and type the following in the address bar:
 http://%hostname-of-monitoring-server%/munin
You should get a page like this:

[[File:Munin-1.png|900px|border]]

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