How To Install nagios-plugins-lcgdm on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-lcgdm on CentOS 7. nagios-plugins-lcgdm is Nagios probes to be run remotely against DPM / LFC nodes

Introduction

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

What is nagios-plugins-lcgdm

This package provides the nagios probes for LCGDM components (DPM and LFC) that need to be run remotely. Usually they are installed in the nagios host, and they will contact the remote services running in the DPM and LFC hosts. The Disk Pool Manager (DPM) is a lightweight grid storage component, allowing access to data using commonly used grid protocols. The LCG File Catalog (LFC) is the main catalog being used by grid communities for both file bookkeeping and meta-data.

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

Install nagios-plugins-lcgdm 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-lcgdm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nagios-plugins-lcgdm

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

sudo dnf -y install nagios-plugins-lcgdm

How To Uninstall nagios-plugins-lcgdm on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove nagios-plugins-lcgdm

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Summary

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