How To Install nsca-ng-client on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsca-ng-client in Fedora 36. nsca-ng-client is Add-on for transferring check results (and other commands) to Nagios or Icinga (client)

Introduction

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

What is nsca-ng-client

Add-on for transferring check results (and other commands) to Nagios or Icinga (client).

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

Install nsca-ng-client 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-ng-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nsca-ng-client

Install nsca-ng-client 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-ng-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nsca-ng-client

How To Uninstall nsca-ng-client on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove nsca-ng-client

nsca-ng-client Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/send_nsca.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/24c490106f4f447e0521c541e2fffc5aa87dad
/usr/sbin/send_nsca
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-client
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-client/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-client/PROTOCOL
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-client/README
/usr/share/licenses/nsca-ng-client
/usr/share/licenses/nsca-ng-client/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/send_nsca.cfg.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/send_nsca.8.gz

References

Summary

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