How To Install nsca on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsca in Fedora 36. nsca is Nagios Service Check Acceptor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsca on Fedora 36.

What is `nsca`

The purpose of this addon is to allow you to execute Nagios/NetSaint plugins on a remote host in as transparent a manner as possible.

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

Install nsca 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 nsca using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nsca

Install nsca 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 nsca using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nsca

How To Uninstall nsca on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nsca package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nsca

nsca Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/nagios/nsca.cfg
/etc/sysconfig/nsca
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/a999410412a943bc64ea4d37795079f9c42451
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nsca.service
/usr/sbin/nsca
/usr/share/doc/nsca
/usr/share/doc/nsca/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/nsca/CONTRIBUTORS.md
/usr/share/doc/nsca/README.md
/usr/share/doc/nsca/SECURITY.md
/usr/share/licenses/nsca
/usr/share/licenses/nsca/LICENSE.md

References

nsca website

Summary

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