How To Install collectd-snmp_agent on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-snmp_agent
on CentOS 7.
What is collectd-snmp_agent
This plugin is an AgentX subagent that receives and handles queries from a SNMP master agent and returns the data collected by read plugins.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install collectd-snmp_agent
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-snmp_agent.
Install collectd-snmp_agent 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-snmp_agent
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install collectd-snmp_agent
Install collectd-snmp_agent 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-snmp_agent
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install collectd-snmp_agent
How To Uninstall collectd-snmp_agent on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the collectd-snmp_agent
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove collectd-snmp_agent
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-snmp_agent
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.