RRDtool is a popular open-source data logging and graphing tool used for monitoring system health, network traffic, and other metrics. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of RRDtool on Fedora CoreOS Latest using the command line.
Before we proceed, make sure that you have the following:
The first step is to update your Fedora CoreOS Latest system with the latest software package information. You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:
sudo dnf update -y
The next step is to install the required dependencies for RRDtool. Run the following command to perform the installation:
sudo dnf install -y gcc make libpng-devel libxml2-devel pango-devel cairo-devel
Now, we can download and extract the RRDtool package using the following command:
wget https://dl.bintray.com/rrdtool/RRDtool/1.7.2/rrdtool-1.7.2.tar.gz
tar -xvf rrdtool-1.7.2.tar.gz
After the extraction, navigate to the extracted directory's root and run the following command to compile and install RRDtool:
cd rrdtool-1.7.2
./configure
make
sudo make install
That's it! The RRDtool package is now successfully installed on your Fedora CoreOS Latest system.
After the installation is complete, you can test if RRDtool is working correctly using the following command:
rrdtool
If everything works correctly, you will see the following message:
ERROR: No RRDtool command specified
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install RRDtool on Fedora CoreOS Latest using the command line. Now that RRDtool is installed, you can start using it to graph and monitor various metrics of your system.
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