How To Install collectd-ovs_events on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ovs_events in Fedora 36. collectd-ovs_events is Open vSwitch events plugin for collectd

Introduction

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

What is collectd-ovs_events

This plugin monitors the link status of Open vSwitch (OVS) connected interfaces, dispatches the values to collectd and sends notifications whenever a link state change occurs in the OVS database.

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

Install collectd-ovs_events 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-ovs_events using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install collectd-ovs_events

Install collectd-ovs_events 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-ovs_events using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-ovs_events

How To Uninstall collectd-ovs_events on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-ovs_events

collectd-ovs_events Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/f0/6dbe72dba78c280d0167de9d437f2c50f193f8
/usr/lib64/collectd/ovs_events.so

References

Summary

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