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collectd-dns


Information about the package, collectd-dns, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The collectd-dns package is designed for, DNS traffic analysis module for collectd.


Package Name:

collectd-dns

Summary:

DNS traffic analysis module for collectd

Description:

This plugin collects DNS traffic data.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

4.10.9

Release:

5.el6

Size:

18 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for collectd-dns


Control the collectd-dns package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install collectd-dns

This command will install collectd-dns on the server.

yum remove collectd-dns

This command will un-install collectd-dns on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove collectd-dns, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove collectd-dns

This command will un-install collectd-dns on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove collectd-dns when using the -y flag.

yum update collectd-dns

This command will update collectd-dns to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove collectd-dns, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update collectd-dns

This command will update collectd-dns to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove collectd-dns when using the -y flag.

yum info collectd-dns

This command will show you core information about the collectd-dns package.

yum deplist collectd-dns

This command will show you the dependencies for collectd-dns. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update collectd-dns

This command will check if there is an update waiting on collectd-dns. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.