How To Install nsca-ng-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsca-ng-client on Rocky Linux 8. nsca-ng-client is Add-on for transferring check results (and other commands) to Nagios or Icinga (client)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsca-ng-client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is nsca-ng-client

Add-on for transferring check results (and other commands) to Nagios or Icinga (client).

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

Install nsca-ng-client 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 nsca-ng-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nsca-ng-client

Install nsca-ng-client 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 nsca-ng-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nsca-ng-client

How To Uninstall nsca-ng-client on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nsca-ng-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nsca-ng-client

nsca-ng-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/send_nsca.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/471c3daeccacf155d7fbe858afaf4314344a20
/usr/sbin/send_nsca
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-client
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-client/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-client/PROTOCOL
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-client/README
/usr/share/licenses/nsca-ng-client
/usr/share/licenses/nsca-ng-client/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/send_nsca.cfg.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/send_nsca.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsca-ng-client on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.