There are several plugins available on this page to monitor beancounter values in Munin. The third one tries to combine the other two.

"Simple" munin plugin

The plugin listed below grabs all the beancounters' values.

#!/bin/sh
#
# plugin to monitor OpenVZ bean counters.
#
#
#%# family=auto
#%# capabilities=autoconf suggest

ATTR=`basename $0 | sed 's/^vebc_//g'`

if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
        if [ -r /proc/bc/0/resources ]; then
                echo yes
                exit 0
        else
                echo "no (/proc/bc/0/resources not found)"
                exit 1
        fi
fi

if [ "$1" = "suggest" ]; then
        if [ -r /proc/bc/0/resources ]; then
            cat /proc/bc/0/resources |
            while read str; do
                vals=($str)
                echo ${vals[0]}
            done
                exit 0
        else
                exit 1
        fi
fi

if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
#       echo "graph_order down up"
        echo "graph_title $ATTR beancounter for containers"
        echo 'graph_category system'
        echo "graph_info 'Containers beancounters info'"

        for CTID in `ls -d1 /proc/bc/???`; do
            id=`basename $CTID`
            grep $ATTR $CTID/resources |
            while read str; do

                vals=($str)
                name=${vals[0]}
                echo ${id}.label $id
                echo "${id}.warning  ${vals[3]}"
                echo "${id}.critical  ${vals[4]}"
            done
        done

        exit 0
fi;

for CTID in `ls -d1 /proc/bc/???`; do
    id=`basename $CTID`
    grep $ATTR $CTID/resources |
    while read str; do
        vals=($str)
        name=${vals[0]}
        echo "$id.value ${vals[1]}"
    done
done

Extended Version for old system using user_beancounter

Put it with the munin plugins and make a link for every graph which should be produced named like:

vebc_VALUENAME1_VALUENAME2_..._CTID

e.g.: vebc_numflock_numpty_numsiginfo_101

#!/bin/sh
#
# plugin to monitor OpenVZ bean counters.
#
#
#%# family=auto
#%# capabilities=autoconf suggest

ATTR=`basename $0 | sed -e 's/^vebc_.*_//'`
STATS=`basename $0 | sed -e 's/^vebc_//' -e 's/_[0-9]*$//' -e 's/_/ /g'`

if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
        if [ -r /proc/bc/0/resources ]; then
                echo yes
                exit 0
        else
                echo "no (/proc/bc/0/resources not found)"
                exit 1
        fi
fi

if [ "$1" = "suggest" ]; then
        if [ -r /proc/bc/0/resources ]; then
            cat /proc/bc/0/resources |
            while read str; do
                vals=($str)
                echo ${vals[0]}
            done
                exit 0
        else
                exit 1
        fi
fi

if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
#       echo "graph_order down up"
        echo "graph_title beancounter for CT$ATTR: $STATS"
        echo "graph_category CT$ATTR"
        echo "graph_info 'Container bean counters info'"

        readme="false"
        cat /proc/user_beancounters | while read myid stuff; do
                line=""
                if [ "$myid" == "$ATTR:" ]; then
                        readme="true"
                        line="$stuff"
                        echo $line
                else
                        loid=`echo $myid | sed -e 's/.*:/:/'`
                        if [ "$loid" == ":" ]; then
                                readme="false"
                        fi
                        if [ "$readme" == "true" ]; then
                                line="$myid $stuff"
                        echo $line
                        fi
                fi
        done | while read name value top warn max; do
                okname="dummy"
                for statname in $STATS; do
                        if [ "$name" == "$statname" ]; then
                                okname=$name
                        fi
                done

                if [ "$okname" != "dummy" ]; then
                        echo $okname.label $name
                        echo $okname.warning $warn
                        echo $okname.critical $max
                fi
        done
        exit 0
fi;

readme="false"
cat /proc/user_beancounters | while read myid stuff; do
        line=""
        if [ "$myid" == "$ATTR:" ]; then
                readme="true"
                line="$stuff"
                echo $line
        else
                loid=`echo $myid | sed -e 's/.*:/:/'`
                if [ "$loid" == ":" ]; then
                        readme="false"
                fi
                if [ "$readme" == "true" ]; then
                        line="$myid $stuff"
                echo $line
                fi
        fi
done | while read name value x; do
        okname="dummy"
        for statname in $STATS; do
                if [ "$name" == "$statname" ]; then
                        okname=$name
                fi
        done
        if [ "$okname" != "dummy" ]; then
                echo $okname.value $value
        fi

done

This is not too performant but should do and the graphs are much more readable then the first solution.

Extended plugin from Jan Tomasek

Jan has posted another plugin on http://forum.openvz.org/index.php?t=msg&goto=15122, where I've fixed two things:
1. "exit 0" in the "config" block
2. Replaced "vals=($str); echo ${vals[0]}" with "echo ${str%% *}" (the former was causing problems I don't remember anymore)
v1.3.2 (2008/08/09)
1. If only 1 variable is graphed, also display maxheld, barrier and limit

#!/bin/sh
#
# Munin's plugin to monitor OpenVZ bean counters.
#
# $Log$
# Revision 1.3 2007/07/19 12:57:00 Jan Tomasek <jan@tomasek.cz>
# * rewrited to work with /proc/bc/<VEID>/resources instead of
# /proc/user_beancounters, that simplified code and result
# is also bit faster.
# * added references to OpenVZ wiki
# Revision 1.3.1 2008/05/13 01:26:00 Daniel Hahler <http://daniel.hahler.de/>
# * Minor fixes
#   - "exit 0" in "config" block
#   - Use "echo ${str%% *}" in "suggest", instead of "vals=($str); echo ${vals[0]}"
#
# Revision 1.3.2 2008/08/09 12:30:00 Christian Rubbert <crubbert@xrc.de>
# * Feature
#   - If only 1 variable is graphed, also display maxheld, barrier and limit
#
# Original revision taken from:
# http://wiki.openvz.org/Monitoring_openvz_resources_using_munin
#
#%# family=auto
#%# capabilities=autoconf suggest
 
VEID=`basename $0 | sed -e 's/^vebc_.*_//'`;
STATS=`basename $0 | sed -e 's/^vebc_//' -e 's/_[0-9]*$//' -e 's/_/ /g'`
x=0; STATSCNT=`for i in $STATS; do x=$[$x+1]; done; echo $x`
 
if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
    if [ -r /proc/bc/0/resources ]; then
        echo yes
        exit 0
    else
        echo "no (/proc/bc/0/resources not found)"
        exit 1
    fi
fi
 
if [ "$1" = "suggest" ]; then
    if [ -r /proc/bc/0/resources ]; then
        cat /proc/bc/0/resources | while read str; do
        # Print everything before " "
        echo ${str%% *}
        done
        exit 0
    else
        exit 1
    fi
fi
 
if [ ! -f /proc/bc/$VEID/resources ]; then
    exit 0;
fi
 
if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
    #echo "graph_order down up"
    echo "graph_title VE$VEID: $STATS"
    echo "graph_vlabel bean counters"
    echo "graph_category VE$VEID"

    # Note on URLs. General graph info is by munin version 1.2.5
    # accepted even with HTML code. But for value.info it escapes URL,
    # I expect that authors of munin will note that in future and put
    # escaping even for graph.info.
    echo "graph_info VE bean counters info. Documentation of the OpenVZ resource management is located at <a href=\"
http://wiki.openvz.org/UBC\">http://wiki.openvz.org/UBC</a>."
 
    cat /proc/bc/$VEID/resources | while read name value top warn max stuff ; do
        for statname in $STATS; do
        if [ "$name" = "$statname" ]; then
            URL="http://wiki.openvz.org/$name"
            if [ "$warn" = "0" ]; then
                warn=$max
            fi
            echo $name.label $name
            echo $name.warning $warn
            echo $name.critical $max
            echo $name.info Description of this resource is located at $URL
        fi
        done
    done

    if [ "$STATSCNT" == "1" ]; then
        echo maxheld.label Maxheld
        echo maxheld.draw LINE2
        echo maxheld.info Maximum value
        echo barrier.label Barrier
        echo barrier.draw LINE2
        echo barrier.info Barrier
        echo limit.label Limit
        echo limit.draw LINE2
        echo limit.info Limit
    fi
    exit 0
fi;
 
cat /proc/bc/$VEID/resources | while read name value top warn max stuff ; do
    for statname in $STATS; do
    if [ "$name" = "$statname" ]; then
        echo $name".value "$value;

	if [ "$STATSCNT" == "1" ]; then
	    echo maxheld.value $top
	    echo barrier.value $warn
	    echo limit.value $max 
	fi
    fi
    done
done

Munin plugin setup

Run as root

Please note, you have to configure plugin to run as root. Therefore, add the following to /etc/munin/plugin-conf.d/ somewhere:

 [vebc*]
 user root

Installing the plugins

There's a single plugin file, which can be installed several times and can put several values into the same graph. You should install the plugin from above to e.g. /usr/local/share/munin/plugins/vebc_ and then put symlinks to there from /etc/munin/plugins. The following script allows you to handle this easily: To install this, you can use the following script:

#!/bin/bash

FILE=`mktemp /tmp/ln-vebc-XXXXXX`

cd /etc/munin/plugins

for resources in kmemsize \
    lockedpages_privvmpages_shmpages_physpages_vmguarpages_oomguarpages \
    numproc \
    numtcpsock_numflock_numpty_numsiginfo_numothersock_numiptent \
    tcpsndbuf_tcprcvbuf_othersockbuf_dgramrcvbuf \
    dcachesize \
    numfile
do
    for VE in 0 `/usr/sbin/vzlist | sed "s/^ *//" |grep '^[0-9]' | cut -f 1 -d " "` ; do
        ln -sf /usr/local/share/munin/plugins/vebc_ "vebc_"$resources"_"$VE
        echo "vebc_"$resources"_"$VE >> $FILE
    done
done

# remove no longer deserved links (ie. links pointing to machines
# which were destroyed or stoped)

find -type l -name vebc_\* | sed "s/\.\///" | while read LN; do
    if grep ^$LN$ $FILE >/dev/null; then
        true
    else
        rm $LN
    fi
done

rm $FILE

Alternative: Using vzlist

This simple script will generate an overview of the requested stat from all VE's. When using vzlist your saved from any changes to the beancounters.

#!/bin/sh
#
# Munin's plugin to monitor OpenVZ bean counters.
#
# $Log$
#
# 2008/08/14 Rene Weselowski <http://www.dead.at>
#
#
#%# family=auto
#%# capabilities=autoconf

ATTRIBUTE=`basename $0 | sed 's/^openvz_//g'`


if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
        echo yes
        exit 0
fi

if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
        echo "graph_title $ATTRIBUTE"
        echo "graph_args --base 1000 -l 0"
        echo "graph_scale yes"
        echo "graph_vlabel $ATTRIBUTE Value"
        echo "graph_category openvz"
        echo "graph_info This graph shows OpenVZ: $ATTRIBUTE"
        vzlist -a -H -o hostname | awk '{gsub(/\./,"_",$1)
        print("'$ATTRIBUTE'"$1".label "$1"\n" \
        "'$ATTRIBUTE'"$1".info '$ATTRIBUTE' for VE"$1)}'
        exit 0
fi

vzlist -a -H -o hostname,$ATTRIBUTE | awk '{gsub(/\./,"_",$1)
         print("'$ATTRIBUTE'"$1".value "$2)}'

OpenVZ Virtuozzo Containers Wiki ^β

Monitoring openvz resources using munin

Contents

"Simple" munin plugin

Extended Version for old system using user_beancounter

Extended plugin from Jan Tomasek

Munin plugin setup

Run as root

Installing the plugins

Alternative: Using vzlist

OpenVZ Virtuozzo Containers Wiki β

Monitoring openvz resources using munin

Contents

"Simple" munin plugin

Extended Version for old system using user_beancounter

Extended plugin from Jan Tomasek

Munin plugin setup

Run as root

Installing the plugins

Alternative: Using vzlist

OpenVZ Virtuozzo Containers Wiki ^β