How To Install check-mk-agent on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install check-mk-agent on CentOS 7.
What is check-mk-agent
This package contains the check-mk’s agent. Install the following agent on all the machines you plan to monitor with check-mk.
We can use yum or dnf to install check-mk-agent on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install check-mk-agent.
Install check-mk-agent on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install check-mk-agent using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install check-mk-agent
Install check-mk-agent on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install check-mk-agent using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install check-mk-agent
How To Uninstall check-mk-agent on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the check-mk-agent package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove check-mk-agent
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install check-mk-agent on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
