How To Install collectd-postgresql on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-postgresql

PostgreSQL querying plugin. This plugins provides data of issued commands, called handlers and database traffic.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-postgresql

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-postgresql

How To Uninstall collectd-postgresql on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-postgresql

collectd-postgresql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/collectd.d/postgresql.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/497e85951d3022fc40584a8c7f1da380ff0f38
/usr/lib64/collectd/postgresql.so
/usr/share/collectd/postgresql_default.conf

References

Summary

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