How To Install nagios-plugins-pgsql on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install nagios-plugins-pgsql on CentOS 7. nagios-plugins-pgsql is Nagios Plugin - check_pgsql

Introduction

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

What is nagios-plugins-pgsql

Provides check_pgsql (PostgreSQL) support for Nagios.

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

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

sudo yum -y install nagios-plugins-pgsql

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

sudo dnf -y install nagios-plugins-pgsql

How To Uninstall nagios-plugins-pgsql on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove nagios-plugins-pgsql

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Summary

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