How To Install collectd-dbi on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-dbi on CentOS 7.
What is collectd-dbi
This plugin uses the dbi library to connect to various databases, execute SQL statements and read back the results.
We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-dbi on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-dbi.
Install collectd-dbi 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-dbi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-dbi
Install collectd-dbi 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-dbi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-dbi
How To Uninstall collectd-dbi on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the collectd-dbi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-dbi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-dbi on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.