Package: munin
Version: 1.2.4-1
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
a crazy idea just hit me. Wouldn't it be cool to use irc, or some other
instant messenger as the communication medium between the munin 'server' and
munin-nodes?
The server and all the nodes would just join a channel on a server; the
nodes would periodically announce their values (or they could be prompted
via PRIVMSG), and the grapher would just need to harvest the channel for the
data.
The advantage would be that no direct 'server'=>node communication would be
necessary, which can be tricky in firewalled/NATed/dynamic IP scenarios.
Also, the overhead of setting up potentially large numbers of tcp sessions
could be eliminated.
There certainly are security issues (channel takeover and whatnot), but
these are only relevant if a public irc network is used. The channel could
have a key; the chatter could be encrypted; etc.
Other IMs like ICQ and Jabber could also be used.
Andras
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