How To Install collectd-dns on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-dns on Rocky Linux 8. collectd-dns is DNS traffic analysis plugin for collectd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-dns on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `collectd-dns`

This plugin collects DNS traffic data.

We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-dns on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-dns.

Install collectd-dns on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-dns

Install collectd-dns on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-dns

How To Uninstall collectd-dns on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-dns

collectd-dns Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/collectd.d/dns.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/48789d00c2374cd60b5d112a5d5e362b4dc74e
/usr/lib64/collectd/dns.so

References

collectd-dns website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-dns on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.