How To Install collectd-synproxy on CentOS 7

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

Introduction

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

What is collectd-synproxy

This plugin provides statistics for Linux SYNPROXY available since 3.12

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

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-synproxy

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-synproxy

How To Uninstall collectd-synproxy on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-synproxy

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Summary

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