How To Install collectd-snmp on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-snmp in Fedora 36. collectd-snmp is SNMP module for collectd

Introduction

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

What is `collectd-snmp`

This plugin for collectd provides querying of net-snmp.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-snmp

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-snmp

How To Uninstall collectd-snmp on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-snmp

collectd-snmp Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/collectd.d/snmp.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/0114ae64cfe9486f71a1646b5373820fabfaa0
/usr/lib64/collectd/snmp.so
/usr/share/man/man5/collectd-snmp.5.gz

References

collectd-snmp website

Summary

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