How To Install collectd-amqp on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-amqp on CentOS 7. collectd-amqp is AMQP plugin for collectd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-amqp on CentOS 7.

What is collectd-amqp

This plugin can be used to communicate with other instances of collectd or third party applications using an AMQP message broker.

We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-amqp on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-amqp.

Install collectd-amqp on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install collectd-amqp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-amqp

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-amqp

How To Uninstall collectd-amqp on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-amqp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-amqp on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.