How To Install collectd-ipvs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ipvs on Rocky Linux 8. collectd-ipvs is IPVS plugin for collectd

Introduction

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

What is collectd-ipvs

This plugin collects data from IPVS.

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

Install collectd-ipvs 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-ipvs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install collectd-ipvs

Install collectd-ipvs 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-ipvs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install collectd-ipvs

How To Uninstall collectd-ipvs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-ipvs

collectd-ipvs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/92a0df9b7409963381964778202711819f618f
/usr/lib64/collectd/ipvs.so

References

Summary

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