How To Install carbon-c-relay on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install carbon-c-relay on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is carbon-c-relay
carbon-c-relay is:
This project provides a multithreaded relay which can address multiple targets and clusters for each and every metric based on pattern matches.
Consistent-hash routing compatible with the original carbon’s implementation is also provided. This relay also supports aggregation, failover of backend servers and more.
Carbon is graphite’s default storage backend and supports different protocols for receiving metrics, this project aims to be a replacement of graphite’s original carbon-relay component and supports “plaintext” protocol metrics.
There are three methods to install carbon-c-relay on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install carbon-c-relay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install carbon-c-relay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install carbon-c-relay
Install carbon-c-relay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install carbon-c-relay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install carbon-c-relay
Install carbon-c-relay Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install carbon-c-relay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install carbon-c-relay
How To Uninstall carbon-c-relay on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the carbon-c-relay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove carbon-c-relay
Uninstall carbon-c-relay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall carbon-c-relay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove carbon-c-relay
Remove carbon-c-relay Configurations and Data
To remove carbon-c-relay configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge carbon-c-relay
Remove carbon-c-relay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove carbon-c-relay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge carbon-c-relay
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install carbon-c-relay package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
