How To Install nsca-ng-server on Fedora 36

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

Introduction

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

What is nsca-ng-server

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

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

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

sudo dnf -y install nsca-ng-server

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

sudo yum -y install nsca-ng-server

How To Uninstall nsca-ng-server on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove nsca-ng-server

nsca-ng-server Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/nsca-ng.cfg
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/4c62bdab066aed0fc13f203efa46c45f6f96c4
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nsca-ng.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nsca-ng.socket
/usr/sbin/nsca-ng
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-server
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-server/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-server/PROTOCOL
/usr/share/doc/nsca-ng-server/README
/usr/share/licenses/nsca-ng-server
/usr/share/licenses/nsca-ng-server/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/nsca-ng.cfg.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nsca-ng.8.gz

References

Summary

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