How To Install pcp-webapp-graphite on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-webapp-graphite on CentOS 7. pcp-webapp-graphite is Graphite web application for Performance Co-Pilot (PCP)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pcp-webapp-graphite on CentOS 7.

What is pcp-webapp-graphite

Graphite is a highly scalable real-time graphing system. This package provides a graphite version that uses the Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) as the data repository, and Graphites web interface renders it. The Carbon and Whisper subsystems of Graphite are not included nor used.

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

Install pcp-webapp-graphite 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-webapp-graphite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pcp-webapp-graphite

Install pcp-webapp-graphite 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-webapp-graphite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pcp-webapp-graphite

How To Uninstall pcp-webapp-graphite on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the pcp-webapp-graphite package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pcp-webapp-graphite

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Summary

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