How To Install collectd-netlink on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-netlink on CentOS 7. collectd-netlink is Netlink plugin for collectd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-netlink on CentOS 7.

This plugin uses a netlink socket to query the Linux kernel about statistics of various interface and routing aspects.

We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-netlink on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-netlink.

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-netlink

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-netlink using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install collectd-netlink

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-netlink

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-netlink on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.