How To Install collectd-snmp_agent on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-snmp_agent on CentOS 8.
What is collectd-snmp_agent
This plugin is an AgentX subagent that receives and handles queries from a SNMP master agent and returns the data collected by read plugins.
We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-snmp_agent on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-snmp_agent.
Install collectd-snmp_agent 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-snmp_agent using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-snmp_agent
Install collectd-snmp_agent 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-snmp_agent using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-snmp_agent
How To Uninstall collectd-snmp_agent on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the collectd-snmp_agent package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-snmp_agent
collectd-snmp_agent Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/382eb47e0584bc65f52cbb50bdb6cf3d9432f9
/usr/lib64/collectd/snmp_agent.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-snmp_agent on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.