{"id":2515,"date":"2013-11-09T14:21:44","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T20:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/secure.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=2515"},"modified":"2025-07-22T02:36:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T07:36:48","slug":"how-to-monitor-your-servers-resource-usage-with-munin-on-centos-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-monitor-your-servers-resource-usage-with-munin-on-centos-6\/","title":{"rendered":"How to monitor your server&#8217;s resource usage with Munin on CentOS 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-status-this-os-is-no-longer-supported\">Status: This OS is no longer supported<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article, &#8220;How to monitor your server&#8217;s resource usage with Munin on CentOS 6,&#8221; covers a version of CentOS that reached end of life (EOL). It is no longer supported. As such, this guide is no longer maintained. If you are currently operating a server running CentOS 6, we highly recommend contacting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/support\/\">RoseHosting&#8217;s fully managed support<\/a>. They can upgrade or migrate you to a supported version of AlmaLinux.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/how-to-monitor-your-servers-resource-usage-with-munin-on-centos-6.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/how-to-monitor-your-servers-resource-usage-with-munin-on-centos-6.png\" alt=\"how-to-monitor-your-servers-resource-usage-with-munin-on-centos-6\" width=\"348\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/how-to-monitor-your-servers-resource-usage-with-munin-on-centos-6.png 497w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/how-to-monitor-your-servers-resource-usage-with-munin-on-centos-6-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a>In the following article, we will show you <strong>how to install <a title=\"Munin Monitoring\" href=\"http:\/\/munin-monitoring.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Munin<\/a> on a <a title=\"CentOS VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/centos-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CentOS 6 VPS<\/a><\/strong> so you can <strong>monitor your <a title=\"Linux VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">virtual servers<\/a> resource usage.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Munin<\/strong>\u00a0is a networked resource monitoring tool that can help analyze resource usage of servers and services. It\u00a0 has a master\/slave architecture in which the master connects to all the slaves at regular intervals and asks them for data.<\/p>\n<p>It is written in Perl and is very fast and robust monitoring tool.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69c4a54ea5af8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69c4a54ea5af8\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-monitor-your-servers-resource-usage-with-munin-on-centos-6\/#i\" >\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-monitor-your-servers-resource-usage-with-munin-on-centos-6\/#Lets-Begin\" >Let&#8217;s Begin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-monitor-your-servers-resource-usage-with-munin-on-centos-6\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"i\"><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lets-Begin\"><\/span>Let&#8217;s Begin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Before proceeding further, initiate a screen session by executing:<\/p>\n<pre>## screen -U -S munin-screen<\/pre>\n<p>Then, make sure your <strong>CentOS VPS<\/strong> is fully up-to-date by executing:<\/p>\n<pre>## yum update<\/pre>\n<p>Next, we assume you already have the <strong>LAMP Stack<\/strong> up and working on your <strong>Linux VPS<\/strong>. If not, please proceed with our article on <a title=\"how-to-install-lamp-linux-apache-mysql-and-php-on-centos-6-with-phpmyadmin-and-apc-cache\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-lamp-linux-apache-mysql-and-php-on-centos-6-with-phpmyadmin-and-apc-cache\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">how to install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) on CentOS 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since <strong>Munin<\/strong> is available as a package in the <strong>EPEL repository<\/strong>, we are going to add EPEL to our <strong>CentOS 6 VPS<\/strong> using the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>## wget -P \/tmp http:\/\/mirror.itc.virginia.edu\/fedora-epel\/6\/x86_64\/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm\n## rpm -Uvh \/tmp\/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm\n## rm -f \/tmp\/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm<\/pre>\n<p>Install Munin using the command below:<\/p>\n<pre>## yum install munin*<\/pre>\n<p>Proceed with editing Munin&#8217;s configuration file. Make sure you add\/edit the following:<\/p>\n<pre>## vim \/etc\/munin\/munin.conf\n\ndbdir \/var\/lib\/munin\nhtmldir \/var\/www\/html\/munin\nlogdir \/var\/log\/munin\nrundir \/var\/run\/munin\ntmpldir \/etc\/munin\/templates\n\nincludedir \/etc\/munin\/conf.d\n\ngraph_strategy cron\ncgiurl_graph \/munin-cgi\/munin-cgi-graph\nhtml_strategy cron\n\n[localhost]\n    address 127.0.0.1\n    use_node_name yes<\/pre>\n<p>add user to munin using <code>htpasswd<\/code> by running:<\/p>\n<pre>## htpasswd -c \/etc\/munin\/munin-htpasswd administrator<\/pre>\n<p><em>ommit the &#8216;-c&#8217; argument if adding additional users.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>restart apache and munin using the following commands:<\/p>\n<pre>## service munin-node restart\n## service httpd restart<\/pre>\n<p>Finally, access your munin at http:\/\/$your_ip and log in using &#8216;administrator&#8217; as username and your administrator&#8217;s password as password<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Of course, if you are one of our <a title=\"Linux VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Linux VPS Hosting<\/a> customers, you don\u2019t have to do any of this, simply ask our admins, sit back and relax. Our admins will set this up for you immediately.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PS.<\/strong> If you liked this post, please share it with your friends or leave a reply below. 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