How To Install nagios-plugins-dpm-head on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-dpm-head on CentOS 7. nagios-plugins-dpm-head is Nagios probes to be run in the DPM head node

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-dpm-head on CentOS 7.

What is nagios-plugins-dpm-head

This package provides the LCGDM nagios probes to be run in the DPM head nodes. They cover monitoring of the status of the different daemons, log file analysis, host certificate checks, etc.

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

Install nagios-plugins-dpm-head on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install nagios-plugins-dpm-head using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nagios-plugins-dpm-head

Install nagios-plugins-dpm-head 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 nagios-plugins-dpm-head using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nagios-plugins-dpm-head

How To Uninstall nagios-plugins-dpm-head on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the nagios-plugins-dpm-head package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nagios-plugins-dpm-head

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-dpm-head on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.