How To Install collectd-bind on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-bind

This plugin retrieves statistics from the BIND dns server.

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

Install collectd-bind 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-bind using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-bind

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-bind

How To Uninstall collectd-bind on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-bind

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Summary

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