How To Install vnstat on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vnstat on CentOS 8.
What is vnstat
vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor that keeps a log of daily network traffic for the selected interface(s). vnStat isn’t a packet sniffer. The traffic information is analyzed from the /proc file-system, so vnStat can be used without root permissions. See the web-page for few ‘screenshots’.
We can use yum or dnf to install vnstat on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vnstat.
Install vnstat 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 vnstat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install vnstat
Install vnstat 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 vnstat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install vnstat
How To Uninstall vnstat on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the vnstat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove vnstat
vnstat Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/vnstat.conf
/run/vnstat
/usr/bin/vnstat
/usr/bin/vnstati
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/5bb13559f0515e1a3c9fd1f0d76595959149e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/ee29b5d516e40f7fc6a042f89c32327c0c063a
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/10f1fa422fb7731de9cb83fb41ea3c6b0f5395
/usr/lib/systemd/system/vnstat.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/vnstat.conf
/usr/sbin/vnstatd
/usr/share/doc/vnstat
/usr/share/doc/vnstat/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/vnstat/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/vnstat/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/vnstat/README
/usr/share/doc/vnstat/examples
/usr/share/doc/vnstat/examples/vnstat-json.cgi
/usr/share/doc/vnstat/examples/vnstat-json.php
/usr/share/doc/vnstat/examples/vnstat.cgi
/usr/share/licenses/vnstat
/usr/share/licenses/vnstat/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/vnstat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vnstati.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/vnstat.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vnstatd.8.gz
/var/lib/vnstat
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vnstat on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.