How To Install netdata-freeipmi on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install netdata-freeipmi on CentOS 7. netdata-freeipmi is FreeIPMI plugin for netdata

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install netdata-freeipmi on CentOS 7.

What is netdata-freeipmi

freeipmi plugin for netdata

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

Install netdata-freeipmi on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install netdata-freeipmi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install netdata-freeipmi

Install netdata-freeipmi 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 netdata-freeipmi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install netdata-freeipmi

How To Uninstall netdata-freeipmi on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the netdata-freeipmi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove netdata-freeipmi

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install netdata-freeipmi on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.