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

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-statsd on Rocky Linux 8. pcp-pmda-statsd is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics from statsd

Introduction

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

What is `pcp-pmda-statsd`

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting statistics from the statsd daemon.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-statsd

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

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-statsd

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

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-statsd

pcp-pmda-statsd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pcp/statsd
/etc/pcp/statsd/pmdastatsd.ini
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/9692677b064d6bc350d5f96306bf338f315e05
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/9d374a808a738c3ac4ca8c7407185afebbb3bd
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/statsd
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/statsd/Install
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/statsd/README.md
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/statsd/Remove
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/statsd/domain.h
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/statsd/pmda_statsd.so
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/statsd/pmdastatsd
/usr/libexec/pcp/pmdas/statsd/root_statsd
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/statsd
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/statsd/Install
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/statsd/README.md
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/statsd/Remove
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/statsd/domain.h
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/statsd/pmda_statsd.so
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/statsd/pmdastatsd
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/statsd/pmdastatsd.ini
/var/lib/pcp/pmdas/statsd/root_statsd

References

pcp-pmda-statsd website

Summary

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