how to unmask service munin

[Tom H]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 5:48 PM robert rottermann <robert at redcor.ch>
wrote:
>
> I try to install munin on ubunu18.04
>
> now when I try to start the munin service I get a message that it
> is masked.
>
>      root at elfero-test:/etc/munin/plugins# service munin start
>      Failed to start munin.service: Unit munin.service is masked.
>
> I try to unmask it:
>
>      systemctl unmask munin.service
>
> no output.
>
> I try to enable it:
>
>   systemctl enable munin.service
>   Synchronizing state of munin.service with SysV service script
>   with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
>   Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable munin
>   Failed to enable unit: Unit file /lib/systemd/system/munin.service
>   is masked.
>
> How can I proceed to enable the service?

>From "/etc/init.d/munin":

Munin itself runs as CGI or via cron and does not run a separate daemon