How To Install collectd-openldap on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-openldap

This plugin for collectd reads monitoring information from OpenLDAP’s cn=Monitor subtree.

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

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-openldap

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-openldap

How To Uninstall collectd-openldap on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-openldap

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Summary

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