How To Install nsca on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsca on Rocky Linux 8. nsca is Nagios Service Check Acceptor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nsca on Rocky Linux 8.

What is nsca

The purpose of this addon is to allow you to execute Nagios/NetSaint plugins on a remote host in as transparent a manner as possible.

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

Install nsca 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 nsca using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nsca

Install nsca 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 nsca using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nsca

How To Uninstall nsca on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nsca package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nsca

nsca Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/nagios/nsca.cfg
/etc/sysconfig/nsca
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/6a29c4681252d5137dbda17512ec323ef1e8bc
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nsca.service
/usr/sbin/nsca
/usr/share/doc/nsca
/usr/share/doc/nsca/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/nsca/CONTRIBUTORS.md
/usr/share/doc/nsca/README.md
/usr/share/doc/nsca/SECURITY.md
/usr/share/licenses/nsca
/usr/share/licenses/nsca/LICENSE.md

References

Summary

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