How To Install collectd-redis on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-redis

The Redis plugin connects to one or more instances of Redis, a key-value store, and collects usage information using the hiredis library.

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

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-redis

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-redis

How To Uninstall collectd-redis on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-redis

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Summary

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