How To Install vhostmd on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install vhostmd on CentOS 8. vhostmd is Virtualization host metrics daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vhostmd on CentOS 8.

What is vhostmd

vhostmd provides a “metrics communication channel” between a host and its hosted virtual machines, allowing limited introspection of host resource usage from within virtual machines.

We can use yum or dnf to install vhostmd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install vhostmd.

Install vhostmd on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install vhostmd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vhostmd

Install vhostmd on CentOS 8 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 vhostmd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vhostmd

How To Uninstall vhostmd on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the vhostmd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vhostmd

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vhostmd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.