How To Install collectd-iptables on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-iptables

This plugin collects data from iptables counters.

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

Install collectd-iptables 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-iptables using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install collectd-iptables

Install collectd-iptables 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-iptables using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-iptables

How To Uninstall collectd-iptables on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-iptables

collectd-iptables Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/30e161266df98543f19c09c8724e1c11b661c9
/usr/lib64/collectd/iptables.so

References

Summary

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