How To Install nrpe-selinux on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nrpe-selinux on Rocky Linux 8. nrpe-selinux is SELinux context for nrpe

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nrpe-selinux on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `nrpe-selinux`

SElinux context for nrpe.

We can use yum or dnf to install nrpe-selinux on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nrpe-selinux.

Install nrpe-selinux on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install nrpe-selinux using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nrpe-selinux

Install nrpe-selinux on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install nrpe-selinux

How To Uninstall nrpe-selinux on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nrpe-selinux package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nrpe-selinux

nrpe-selinux Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/nrpe-selinux
/usr/share/doc/nrpe-selinux/README.SELinux.rst
/usr/share/selinux/packages/nrpe/nrpe_epel.pp

References

nrpe-selinux website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nrpe-selinux on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.