How To Install collectd-write_http on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-write_http on Rocky Linux 8. collectd-write_http is HTTP output plugin for collectd

Introduction

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

What is `collectd-write_http`

This plugin can send data to Redis.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-write_http

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-write_http

How To Uninstall collectd-write_http on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-write_http

collectd-write_http Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/c415725a3dc2361d52efa478531e0e03c6fac2
/usr/lib64/collectd/write_http.so

References

collectd-write_http website

Summary

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