A generic stand-in for munin-node written to run on AIX, may work elsewhere.

munin-node.sh

#!/bin/ksh

#Connected - echo basic info

echo "# munin node at `hostname`"

#watchdog timestamp
WD_TIME=$(perl -e 'print time')


#looped function
function main {
read cmd arg

if [ -n "$arg" ]; then
  arg=$(echo $arg | sed 's/\^M//g')
else
  cmd=$(echo $cmd | sed 's/\^M//g')
fi

case $cmd in
                 "list")
                  #echo "bdf cpu load memory uptime processes ps_zombies users"
                  echo $( ls -1 /opt/munin/plugins | tr '\n' ' ')
                        ;;
                  "nodes")
                  echo `hostname`
                  echo "."
                        ;;
                  "version")
                  echo "munin node on `hostname` version: KSH"
                        ;;
                 "config") #check for $arg, error if none, else pass to config
                        if [ -f "/opt/munin/plugins/$arg" ]; then
                          /opt/munin/plugins/$arg config
                        else
                          echo "# Unknown service"
                        fi
                        echo "."
                        ;;
                 "fetch") #check for $arg, error if none, else pass to fetch
                        if [ -f "/opt/munin/plugins/$arg" ]; then
                          /opt/munin/plugins/$arg
                        else
                          echo "# Unknown service"
                        fi
                        echo "."
                       ;;
                 "quit")
                  exit 0
                        ;;
                    *)
                        echo "# Unknown command. Try list, nodes, config, fetch, version or quit"
                        ;;

 esac
}

while :; do
main
done
exit 0

###############
#   Notes
###############
#
#Add this to /etc/services:
#munin-node     4949/tcp
#
#And this to /etc/inetd.conf
#munin-node stream tcp nowait root /opt/munin/munin-node munin-node
#
#Plugins go in /opt/munin/plugins

Hello!

Thanks for providing this script, it saves me from having to compile munin on an aging AIX system! ❤️

The line arg=$(echo $arg | sed 's/\^M//g') was giving me trouble as it didn't remove the ^M on my AIX box. However, arg=$(echo $arg | tr -d '\r') does.

Cheers! 🍻