How To Install pcp-manager on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-manager on CentOS 7.

What is pcp-manager

An optional daemon (pmmgr) that manages a collection of pmlogger and pmie daemons, for a set of discovered local and remote hosts running the performance metrics collection daemon (pmcd). It ensures these daemons are running when appropriate, and manages their log rotation needs. It is an alternative to the cron-based pmlogger/pmie service scripts.

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

Install pcp-manager on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install pcp-manager

Install pcp-manager 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 pcp-manager using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-manager

How To Uninstall pcp-manager on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the pcp-manager package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcp-manager

References

• pcp-manager website

Summary

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