How To Install collectd-ipmi on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ipmi in Fedora 36. collectd-ipmi is IPMI plugin for collectd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ipmi on Fedora 36.

What is `collectd-ipmi`

This plugin for collectd provides IPMI support.

We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-ipmi on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-ipmi.

Install collectd-ipmi on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install collectd-ipmi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install collectd-ipmi

Install collectd-ipmi on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install collectd-ipmi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-ipmi

How To Uninstall collectd-ipmi on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the collectd-ipmi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove collectd-ipmi

collectd-ipmi Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/collectd.d/ipmi.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/b6a8ac4409921787eb630395b6d73ffee310ab
/usr/lib64/collectd/ipmi.so

References

collectd-ipmi website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ipmi on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).