Protocol for data exchange between daemon and client

Client commands:

help	Show available commands
list [node]	Asks client to list all query-items available for query for this host. If no host is given, default to host that runs the munin-node
nodes	List hosts
config <query-item>	Asks the client for configuration items
fetch <query-item>	Fetches values
version	Print versionstring

list simply lists items available for gathering. E.g. load, cpu, memory, df, et alia.

config gives the configuration for an item. See the config protocol for a full description.

Example outputs:

> config load
< graph_args --title "Load average"
< load.label Load
< .
> config memory
< graph_args --title "Memory usage" --base 1024
< used.label Used
< used.draw AREA
< shared.label Shared
< shared.draw STACK
< buffers.label Buffers
< buffers.draw STACK
< cache.label Cache
< cache.draw STACK
< free.label Free
< free.draw STACK
< swap.label Swap
< swap.draw STACK

Fetch fetches the actual values. Returned data fields:

• <field>.value

Numeric value, or 'U'. Required.

Example outputs:

> fetch load
< load.value 0.42
< .
> fetch memory
< used.value 98422784
< shared.value 1058086912
< buffers.value 2912256
< cache.value 8593408
< free.value 235753472
< swap.value 85053440