How To Install collectd-write_tsdb on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-write_tsdb on Rocky Linux 8. collectd-write_tsdb is OpenTSDB output plugin for collectd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-write_tsdb on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `collectd-write_tsdb`

This plugin can send data to OpenTSDB.

We can use yum or dnf to install collectd-write_tsdb on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install collectd-write_tsdb.

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

sudo dnf -y install collectd-write_tsdb

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

sudo yum -y install collectd-write_tsdb

How To Uninstall collectd-write_tsdb on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove collectd-write_tsdb

collectd-write_tsdb Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/d6556313b0d6c4c8e6cbff6118b66b5009f7df
/usr/lib64/collectd/write_tsdb.so

References

collectd-write_tsdb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install collectd-write_tsdb on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.