How To Install statscache-consumer on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install statscache-consumer on CentOS 7. statscache-consumer is Statscache consumer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install statscache-consumer on CentOS 7.

What is statscache-consumer

This runs a daemon which keeps listening to fedmsg and dispatches messages to statscache plugins for storing data in required format.

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

Install statscache-consumer on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install statscache-consumer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install statscache-consumer

Install statscache-consumer 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 statscache-consumer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install statscache-consumer

How To Uninstall statscache-consumer on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the statscache-consumer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove statscache-consumer

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install statscache-consumer on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.