How To Install pcp-export-zabbix-agent on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-export-zabbix-agent on Rocky Linux 8. pcp-export-zabbix-agent is Module for exporting PCP metrics to Zabbix agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-export-zabbix-agent on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pcp-export-zabbix-agent

Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) module for exporting metrics from PCP to Zabbix via the Zabbix agent - see zbxpcp(3) for further details.

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

Install pcp-export-zabbix-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 pcp-export-zabbix-agent using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-export-zabbix-agent

Install pcp-export-zabbix-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 pcp-export-zabbix-agent using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-export-zabbix-agent

How To Uninstall pcp-export-zabbix-agent on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pcp-export-zabbix-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcp-export-zabbix-agent

pcp-export-zabbix-agent Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.d
/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.d/zbxpcp.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/571e68457d3f9578c5af1d6806bd2df770d6ce
/usr/lib64/zabbix
/usr/lib64/zabbix/agent
/usr/lib64/zabbix/agent/zbxpcp.so
/usr/lib64/zabbix/modules
/usr/lib64/zabbix/modules/zbxpcp.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-export-zabbix-agent on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.