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 [![GitHub License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/farrokhi/ifstatd.svg)](https://github.com/farrokhi/ifstatd/blob/master/LICENSE)
 
 interface statistics plugin for munin with supersampling capability
+
+## Installation
+1. Clone this repo and build using `make`
+2. Copy `ifstatd_` binary to munin plugins directory 
+	(e.g. `cp ifstatd_
+/usr/local/share/munin/plugins/`)
+3. Make necessary links to active plugins directory 
+	(e.g. `ln -s /usr/local/share/munin/ifstatd_
+	/usr/local/etc/munin/plugins/ifstatd_em0`)
+4. Restart munin-agent