How To Install pcp-pmda-weblog on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-pmda-weblog on CentOS 7. pcp-pmda-weblog is Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) metrics from web server logs

Introduction

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

What is pcp-pmda-weblog

This package contains the PCP Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) for collecting metrics about web server logs.

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

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

sudo yum -y install pcp-pmda-weblog

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

sudo dnf -y install pcp-pmda-weblog

How To Uninstall pcp-pmda-weblog on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pcp-pmda-weblog

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Summary

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