How To Install collectd-nginx on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-nginx

This plugin collects data provided by Nginx.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-nginx

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-nginx

How To Uninstall collectd-nginx on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-nginx

collectd-nginx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/collectd.d/nginx.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/d69ef37b361e1cc60ffd3883b190bec953abe7
/usr/lib64/collectd/nginx.so

References

Summary

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