# MUNGE The munge package. MUNGE (**M**UNGE **U**id '**N**' **G**id **E**mporium) is an authentication service for creating and validating credentials. Bevor starting the service as the first time a secret key has to been created. For creating the key add store it to the file `/etc/munge/munge.key` the following script is provided: ```bash create-munge-key ``` In the second step you can start und enable the munge service. ```bash systemctl start munge systemctl enalbe munge ```