How To Install grafana on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install grafana in AlmaLinux 8. grafana is Metrics dashboard and graph editor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grafana on AlmaLinux 8.

What is grafana

Grafana is an open source, feature rich metrics dashboard and graph editor for Graphite, InfluxDB & OpenTSDB.

We can use yum or dnf to install grafana on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install grafana.

Install grafana on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install grafana using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install grafana

Install grafana on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install grafana using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install grafana

How To Uninstall grafana on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the grafana package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove grafana

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grafana on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.