How To Install collectd-iptables on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-iptables on Rocky Linux 8.
What is collectd-iptables
This plugin collects data from iptables counters.
We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-iptables on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-iptables.
Install collectd-iptables 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-iptables using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-iptables
Install collectd-iptables 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-iptables using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-iptables
How To Uninstall collectd-iptables on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the collectd-iptables package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-iptables
collectd-iptables Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/30e161266df98543f19c09c8724e1c11b661c9
/usr/lib64/collectd/iptables.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-iptables on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.