How To Install nagios-plugins-tcp on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is nagios-plugins-tcp

Provides check_tcp, check_ftp, check_imap, check_jabber, check_nntp, check_nntps, check_pop, check_simap, check_spop, check_ssmtp, check_udp and check_clamd support for Nagios.

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

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

sudo yum -y install nagios-plugins-tcp

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

sudo dnf -y install nagios-plugins-tcp

How To Uninstall nagios-plugins-tcp on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove nagios-plugins-tcp

References

• nagios-plugins-tcp website

Summary

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