How To Install prometheus-jmx-exporter on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-jmx-exporter on AlmaLinux 8.
What is prometheus-jmx-exporter
JMX to Prometheus exporter and expose MBeans of a JMX target. This exporter is intended to be run as a Java Agent, exposing a HTTP server and serving metrics of the local JVM.
We can use yum or dnf to install prometheus-jmx-exporter on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install prometheus-jmx-exporter.
Install prometheus-jmx-exporter on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install prometheus-jmx-exporter using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install prometheus-jmx-exporter
Install prometheus-jmx-exporter on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install prometheus-jmx-exporter using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install prometheus-jmx-exporter
How To Uninstall prometheus-jmx-exporter on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the prometheus-jmx-exporter package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove prometheus-jmx-exporter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-jmx-exporter on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.