How To Install nagios-plugins-dummy on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-dummy on AlmaLinux 8.
What is nagios-plugins-dummy
Provides check_dummy support for Nagios. This plugin does not actually check anything, simply provide it with a flag 0-4 and it will return the corresponding status code to Nagios.
We can use yum or dnf to install nagios-plugins-dummy on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nagios-plugins-dummy.
Install nagios-plugins-dummy 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 nagios-plugins-dummy using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nagios-plugins-dummy
Install nagios-plugins-dummy 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 nagios-plugins-dummy using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nagios-plugins-dummy
How To Uninstall nagios-plugins-dummy on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the nagios-plugins-dummy package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nagios-plugins-dummy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-dummy on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
