How To Install collectd-ceph on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ceph on Rocky Linux 8. collectd-ceph is Ceph plugin for collectd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ceph on Rocky Linux 8.

What is collectd-ceph

This plugin collects data from Ceph.

We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-ceph on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-ceph.

Install collectd-ceph on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install collectd-ceph using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install collectd-ceph

Install collectd-ceph on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install collectd-ceph using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-ceph

How To Uninstall collectd-ceph on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the collectd-ceph package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove collectd-ceph

collectd-ceph Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/19f508e7f50a5de75312a47492ee4f0f214c69
/usr/lib64/collectd/ceph.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ceph on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.