How To Install collectd-write_prometheus on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-write_prometheus on CentOS 8.
What is collectd-write_prometheus
This plugin exposes collected values using an embedded HTTP server, turning the collectd daemon into a Prometheus exporter.
We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-write_prometheus on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-write_prometheus.
Install collectd-write_prometheus 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-write_prometheus using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-write_prometheus
Install collectd-write_prometheus 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-write_prometheus using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-write_prometheus
How To Uninstall collectd-write_prometheus on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the collectd-write_prometheus package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-write_prometheus
collectd-write_prometheus Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/113a7d65039bcbd459f4b4d160bc331bf11226
/usr/lib64/collectd/write_prometheus.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-write_prometheus on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.