How To Install sos-collector on CentOS 8
sos-collector is Capture sosreports from multiple nodes simultaneously
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sos-collector on CentOS 8.
What is sos-collector
sos-collector is a utility designed to capture sosreports from multiple nodes at once and collect them into a single archive. If the nodes are part of a cluster, profiles can be used to configure how the sosreport command is run on the nodes.
We can use yum or dnf to install sos-collector on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sos-collector.
Install sos-collector 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 sos-collector using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sos-collector
Install sos-collector 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 sos-collector using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sos-collector
How To Uninstall sos-collector on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the sos-collector package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sos-collector
sos-collector Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/sos-collector
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sos_collector-1.8-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sos_collector-1.8-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sos_collector-1.8-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sos_collector-1.8-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sos_collector-1.8-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__pycache__/configuration.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__pycache__/configuration.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__pycache__/sos_collector.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__pycache__/sos_collector.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__pycache__/sosnode.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/__pycache__/sosnode.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/jbon.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/jbon.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/kubernetes.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/kubernetes.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/ovirt.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/ovirt.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/pacemaker.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/pacemaker.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/satellite.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/__pycache__/satellite.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/jbon.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/kubernetes.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/ovirt.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/pacemaker.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/clusters/satellite.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/configuration.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/hosts
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/hosts/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/hosts/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/hosts/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/hosts/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/hosts/__pycache__/debian.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/hosts/__pycache__/debian.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/hosts/__pycache__/redhat.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/hosts/__pycache__/redhat.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/hosts/debian.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/hosts/redhat.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/sos_collector.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/soscollector/sosnode.py
/usr/share/licenses/sos-collector
/usr/share/licenses/sos-collector/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/sos-collector.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sos-collector on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.