How To Install pcp-pmda-haproxy on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-haproxy on CentOS 7. pcp-pmda-haproxy is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for HAProxy

Introduction

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

What is pcp-pmda-haproxy

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for extracting performance metrics from HAProxy over the HAProxy stats socket.

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

Install pcp-pmda-haproxy 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-pmda-haproxy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-haproxy

Install pcp-pmda-haproxy 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-pmda-haproxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-haproxy

How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-haproxy on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-haproxy

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Summary

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