How To Install systemtap-server on CentOS 8
systemtap-server is Instrumentation System Server
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-server on CentOS 8.
What is systemtap-server
This is the remote script compilation server component of systemtap. It announces itself to nearby clients with avahi (if available), and compiles systemtap scripts to kernel objects on their demand.
We can use yum or dnf to install systemtap-server on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install systemtap-server.
Install systemtap-server 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 systemtap-server using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install systemtap-server
Install systemtap-server 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 systemtap-server using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install systemtap-server
How To Uninstall systemtap-server on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the systemtap-server package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove systemtap-server
systemtap-server Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/logrotate.d/stap-server
/etc/stap-server
/usr/bin/stap-server
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/ebfd0e39cc1aaf1d356870b3371002bafe6929
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/ac02aa801d14d2b6284ca79bc0394d4be3d895
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/185beb76132d0bc0749f20304088d12762fa95
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/21d78bf957c449dc1fa482a575fc4453f30f7d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/stap-server.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/stap-server.conf
/usr/libexec/systemtap
/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-authorize-cert
/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-env
/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-gen-cert
/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-serverd
/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-sign-module
/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-start-server
/usr/libexec/systemtap/stap-stop-server
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-server
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-server/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-server/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-server/README
/usr/share/doc/systemtap-server/README.unprivileged
/usr/share/licenses/systemtap-server
/usr/share/licenses/systemtap-server/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/systemtap.mo
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/systemtap.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/systemtap.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/systemtap.mo
/usr/share/man/cs/man1/dtrace.1.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man1/stap-merge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man1/stap-prep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man1/stap-report.1.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man1/stap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man1/stapref.1.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man1/stapvirt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man3/stapex.3stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man3/stapfuncs.3stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man3/stapprobes.3stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man3/stapvars.3stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::dwarf.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::fault.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::inode-uprobes.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::pass1.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::pass2.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::pass3.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::pass4.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::pass5.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::process-tracking.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::reporting.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/error::sdt.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/stappaths.7.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/warning::buildid.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/warning::debuginfo.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man7/warning::symbols.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man8/stap-server.8.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man8/stapsh.8.gz
/usr/share/man/cs/man8/systemtap.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/error::dwarf.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/error::fault.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/error::inode-uprobes.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/error::pass1.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/error::pass2.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/error::pass3.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/error::pass4.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/error::pass5.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/error::process-tracking.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/error::reporting.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/error::sdt.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/stappaths.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/warning::buildid.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/warning::debuginfo.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/warning::symbols.7stap.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/stap-server.8.gz
/var/lib/stap-server
/var/lib/stap-server/.systemtap
/var/log/stap-server
/var/log/stap-server/log
/var/run/stap-server
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systemtap-server on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.