How To Install collectd-snmp_agent on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-snmp_agent
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is collectd-snmp_agent
This plugin is an AgentX subagent that receives and handles queries from a SNMP master agent and returns the data collected by read plugins.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install collectd-snmp_agent
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-snmp_agent.
Install collectd-snmp_agent 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-snmp_agent
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-snmp_agent
Install collectd-snmp_agent 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-snmp_agent
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-snmp_agent
How To Uninstall collectd-snmp_agent on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the collectd-snmp_agent
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-snmp_agent
collectd-snmp_agent Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/382eb47e0584bc65f52cbb50bdb6cf3d9432f9
/usr/lib64/collectd/snmp_agent.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-snmp_agent
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.