How To Install pcp-pmda-netcheck on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-netcheck on Rocky Linux 8. pcp-pmda-netcheck is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for simple network checks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-netcheck on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `pcp-pmda-netcheck`

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics from simple network checks.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-netcheck

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

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-netcheck

How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-netcheck on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-netcheck

pcp-pmda-netcheck Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pcp/netcheck
/etc/pcp/netcheck/netcheck.conf
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/__init__.python
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/dns_lookup.python
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/dns_reverse.python
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/pcpnetcheck.python
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/ping.python
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/ping_latency.python
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/ping_loss.python
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/port_open.python
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/url_get.python
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/pmdanetcheck.python
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/pmdautil.python
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/pyprep
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/__init__.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/dns_lookup.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/dns_reverse.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/pcpnetcheck.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/ping.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/ping_latency.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/ping_loss.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/port_open.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/modules/url_get.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/netcheck.conf
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/pmdanetcheck.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/pmdautil.python
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/netcheck/pyprep

References

pcp-pmda-netcheck website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-netcheck on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.