.. _munin-cron:

.. program:: munin-cron

============
 munin-cron
============

DESCRIPTION
===========

Munin-cron is a part of the package Munin, which is used in
combination with :ref:`munin-node`.

Munin is a group of programs to gather data from Munin's nodes, graph
them, create html-pages, and optionally warn Nagios about any
off-limit values.

"munin-cron" runs the following programs, in the given order:

#. :ref:`munin-update`
#. :ref:`munin-limits`

Unless the munin master is configured otherwise, "munin-cron" should
run every 5 minutes.

OPTIONS
=======

.. option:: --service <service>

   Limit services to <service>. Multiple --service options may be
   supplied. [unset]

.. option:: --host <host>

   Limit hosts to <host>. Multiple --host options may be supplied.
   [unset]

.. option:: --config <file>

   Use <file> as configuration file. [/etc/munin/munin.conf]

SEE ALSO
========

See :ref:`munin` for an overview over munin.

:ref:`munin-update`, :ref:`munin-limits`, :ref:`munin.conf`,
