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| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 20 |
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@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ Installation is simple: -make PLUGINDIR=/etc/munin/plugins install -/etc/init.d/munin-node restart +make install +this will install the plugins into /usr/share/munin/plugins. See README on +howto configure and enable the plugins. @@ -2,14 +2,30 @@ This is a set of munin plugins to monitor virtual machines managed via libvirt. See INSTALL for installation instructions. -The default uri used to connect to libvirt is "qemu:///system". This can be -changed in the plugin configuration: +== Setting things up == + +Autoconfiguration is simple. Run: + + munin-libvirt-plugins-detect + +this will try to detect the hypervisor, create an apropriate configuration and +enable all plugins. + +If you prefer to configure things by hand: The default uri used to connect to +libvirt is "qemu:///system". This can be changed in the plugin configuration: cat <<EOF >/etc/munin/plugin-conf.d/libvirt [libvirt-*] env.uri xen:/// EOF +Enabling plugins by hand is the same as with any other munin plugin: + + ln -s /usr/share/munin/plugins/libvirt-<plugin> /etc/munin/plugins/ + /etc/init.d/munin-node restart + +== Plugin Configuration == + libvirt-mem and libvirt-cputime support limits[1] for critical and warning values. These are set to 90% (warning) and 95% (critical) by default. However you can change them in /etc/munin/munin.conf: |