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

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

Introduction

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

What is pcp-pmda-haproxy

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for extracting performance metrics from HAProxy over the HAProxy stats socket.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-haproxy

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

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-haproxy

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

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-haproxy

pcp-pmda-haproxy Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pcp/haproxy
/etc/pcp/haproxy/haproxy.conf
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/haproxy
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/haproxy/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/haproxy/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/haproxy/connect
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/haproxy/pmdahaproxy.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/haproxy
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/haproxy/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/haproxy/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/haproxy/connect
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/haproxy/haproxy.conf
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/haproxy/pmdahaproxy.python

References

Summary

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