How To Install collectd-modbus on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-modbus on CentOS 7.
What is collectd-modbus
This plugin connects to a Modbus “slave” via Modbus/TCP and reads register values.
We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-modbus on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-modbus.
Install collectd-modbus 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-modbus using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-modbus
Install collectd-modbus 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-modbus using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-modbus
How To Uninstall collectd-modbus on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the collectd-modbus package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-modbus
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-modbus on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
