How To Install collectd-ovs_events on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ovs_events on CentOS 7.
What is collectd-ovs_events
This plugin monitors the link status of Open vSwitch (OVS) connected interfaces, dispatches the values to collectd and sends notifications whenever a link state change occurs in the OVS database.
We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-ovs_events on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-ovs_events.
Install collectd-ovs_events 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-ovs_events using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-ovs_events
Install collectd-ovs_events 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-ovs_events using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-ovs_events
How To Uninstall collectd-ovs_events on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the collectd-ovs_events package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-ovs_events
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-ovs_events on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.