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

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-nginx on Rocky Linux 8. pcp-pmda-nginx is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics for the Nginx Webserver

Introduction

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

What is `pcp-pmda-nginx`

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics about the Nginx Webserver.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-nginx

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

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-nginx

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

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-nginx

pcp-pmda-nginx Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pcp/nginx
/etc/pcp/nginx/nginx.conf
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nginx
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nginx/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nginx/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/nginx/pmdanginx.pl
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nginx
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nginx/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nginx/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nginx/nginx.conf
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/nginx/pmdanginx.pl

References

pcp-pmda-nginx website

Summary

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