How To Install collectd-dbi on CentOS 8

collectd-dbi is DBI plugin for collectd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-dbi on CentOS 8.

What is collectd-dbi

This plugin uses the dbi library to connect to various databases, execute SQL statements and read back the results.

We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-dbi on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-dbi.

Install collectd-dbi on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install collectd-dbi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install collectd-dbi

Install collectd-dbi on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install collectd-dbi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-dbi

How To Uninstall collectd-dbi on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the collectd-dbi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove collectd-dbi

collectd-dbi Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/d1621f76c5752af39f80d428163f82b5880b8b
/usr/lib64/collectd/dbi.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-dbi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.