How To Install collectd-dbi on CentOS 7

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

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.