How To Install collectd-postgresql on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-postgresql on Rocky Linux 8.
What is collectd-postgresql
PostgreSQL querying plugin. This plugins provides data of issued commands, called handlers and database traffic.
We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-postgresql on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-postgresql.
Install collectd-postgresql 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-postgresql using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-postgresql
Install collectd-postgresql 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-postgresql using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-postgresql
How To Uninstall collectd-postgresql on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the collectd-postgresql package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-postgresql
collectd-postgresql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/collectd.d/postgresql.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/497e85951d3022fc40584a8c7f1da380ff0f38
/usr/lib64/collectd/postgresql.so
/usr/share/collectd/postgresql_default.conf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-postgresql on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.