How To Install collectd on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd on CentOS 7. collectd is Statistics collection daemon for filling RRD files

Introduction

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

What is collectd

collectd is a daemon which collects system performance statistics periodically and provides mechanisms to store the values in a variety of ways, for example in RRD files.

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

Install collectd 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 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd

Install collectd 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 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install collectd

How To Uninstall collectd on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove collectd

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Summary

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