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Login and become the root user.
 
Login and become the root user.
  
[[SUNScholar/Disaster_Recovery/Preparation|Click here to create a PostgreSQL credentials file.]] Then continue.
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==[[SUNScholar/Disaster_Recovery/Preparation|First click here to create a PostgreSQL credentials file.]]==
  
Install munin as follows:
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Then continue.
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==Install munin as follows:==
 
  apt-get install libdbd-pg-perl
 
  apt-get install libdbd-pg-perl
  
 
  apt-get install munin-node
 
  apt-get install munin-node
Setup munin to allow the monitoring server to gather statistics as follow:
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==Setup munin to allow the monitoring server to gather statistics as follow:==
 
  nano /etc/munin/munin-node.conf
 
  nano /etc/munin/munin-node.conf
Add the following to the bottom of the file:
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===Add the following to the bottom of the file:===
 
  allow $ip-address-of-monitoring-server%
 
  allow $ip-address-of-monitoring-server%
Change the following:
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===Change the following:==
 
  host_name %hostname-of-client%
 
  host_name %hostname-of-client%
Save the file.
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Run the following command to check to update stats available:
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{{NANO}}
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==Run the following command to check to update stats available:==
 
  munin-node-configure --shell | bash -
 
  munin-node-configure --shell | bash -
Check which stats are available
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==Check which stats are available==
 
  cd /etc/munin/plugins
 
  cd /etc/munin/plugins
  
Add a firewall rule to allow the monitoring server to get the stats:
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ls -l
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==Add a firewall rule to allow the monitoring server to get the stats:==
 
  ufw allow 4949
 
  ufw allow 4949
  

Revision as of 12:11, 6 September 2012

Login and become the root user.

First click here to create a PostgreSQL credentials file.

Then continue.

Install munin as follows:

apt-get install libdbd-pg-perl
apt-get install munin-node

Setup munin to allow the monitoring server to gather statistics as follow:

nano /etc/munin/munin-node.conf

Add the following to the bottom of the file:

allow $ip-address-of-monitoring-server%

=Change the following:

host_name %hostname-of-client%

NANO Editor Help
CTL+O = Save the file and then press Enter
CTL+X = Exit "nano"
CTL+K = Delete line
CTL+U = Undelete line
CTL+W = Search for %%string%%
CTL+\ = Search for %%string%% and replace with $$string$$
CTL+C = Show line numbers

More info = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_(text_editor)


Run the following command to check to update stats available:

munin-node-configure --shell | bash -

Check which stats are available

cd /etc/munin/plugins
ls -l

Add a firewall rule to allow the monitoring server to get the stats:

ufw allow 4949

Thats it. As usual there is a lot of documentation about Munin out there.

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