How To Install collectd-mysql on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-mysql on Rocky Linux 8.
What is collectd-mysql
MySQL querying plugin. This plugin provides data of issued commands, called handlers and database traffic.
We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-mysql on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-mysql.
Install collectd-mysql 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-mysql using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-mysql
Install collectd-mysql 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-mysql using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-mysql
How To Uninstall collectd-mysql on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the collectd-mysql package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-mysql
collectd-mysql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/collectd.d/mysql.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/476619c14379510452e208753ae38e69ad8c86
/usr/lib64/collectd/mysql.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-mysql on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.