How To Install nagios-plugins-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-mysql on Rocky Linux 8. nagios-plugins-mysql is Nagios Plugin - check_mysql

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-mysql on Rocky Linux 8.

What is nagios-plugins-mysql

Provides check_mysql and check_mysql_query support for Nagios.

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

Install nagios-plugins-mysql 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 nagios-plugins-mysql using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nagios-plugins-mysql

Install nagios-plugins-mysql 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 nagios-plugins-mysql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nagios-plugins-mysql

How To Uninstall nagios-plugins-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nagios-plugins-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nagios-plugins-mysql

nagios-plugins-mysql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/fd3a70fc25059a4100e65a140d637a0dd963aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/0e510f05904fbc837e422cf9216006cb370750
/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_mysql
/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_mysql_query

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-mysql on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.