Re: [munin-users] Host-free data

[Erik I. B. <kn...@re...>]

On Fri, 24 Oct 2014, Anthony Sheetz wrote:
> Is there a way to collect data using munin, but have it not tied to a
> specific host? Failing that, is there a way to change what host a data set
> is associated with?
> 
> My concern is the day we change which host we are collecting that
> information from. We don't want to lose historic data when that happens.
> 
> How is this solved?

You want to define a virtual node for your moving service.

http://amadys.blogspot.no/2010/07/munin-node-monitoring-external-sources.html

Then you just need to change the definition of the virtual node on the 
master when you move the service.

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Erik Inge Bolsø
Redpill Linpro - Changing the game