How To Install nagios-plugins-openmanage on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-openmanage on CentOS 7. nagios-plugins-openmanage is Nagios plugin to monitor hardware health on Dell servers

Introduction

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

What is nagios-plugins-openmanage

check_openmanage is a plugin for Nagios which checks the hardware health of Dell servers running OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA). The plugin can be used remotely with SNMP or locally with NRPE, check_by_ssh or similar, whichever suits your needs and particular taste. The plugin checks the health of the storage subsystem, power supplies, memory modules, temperature probes etc., and gives an alert if any of the components are faulty or operate outside normal parameters.

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

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

sudo yum -y install nagios-plugins-openmanage

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

sudo dnf -y install nagios-plugins-openmanage

How To Uninstall nagios-plugins-openmanage on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove nagios-plugins-openmanage

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Summary

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