How To Install pcp-pmda-apache on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-apache on Rocky Linux 8. pcp-pmda-apache is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for the Apache webserver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-apache on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `pcp-pmda-apache`

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics about the Apache webserver.

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

Install pcp-pmda-apache 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-pmda-apache using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-apache

Install pcp-pmda-apache 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-pmda-apache using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-apache

How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-apache on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pcp-pmda-apache package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-apache

pcp-pmda-apache Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/9179888a5b07a33e65e867fdb7aabf714c67e3
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/apache
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/apache/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/apache/README
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/apache/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/apache/domain.h
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/apache/help
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/apache/pmdaapache
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/apache/pmns
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/apache/root
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/apache
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/apache/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/apache/README
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/apache/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/apache/domain.h
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/apache/help
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/apache/pmdaapache
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/apache/pmns
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/apache/root

References

pcp-pmda-apache website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-apache on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.