Install collectd 5.4.1 from source on CentOS 6.5

collectd.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Perform installation as root
# Install prereqs

yum -y install libcurl libcurl-devel rrdtool rrdtool-devel perl-devel libgcrypt-devel gcc make gcc-c++ yajl-devel

# Get Collectd, untar it, make it and install

wget http://collectd.org/files/collectd-5.4.1.tar.gz
tar zxvf collectd-5.4.1.tar.gz
cd collectd-5.4.1
./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --libdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --enable-all-plugins
make
make install


# Copy the default init.d script

cp /root/collectd-5.4.1/contrib/redhat/init.d-collectd /etc/init.d/collectd

# Set the correct permissions

chmod +x /etc/init.d/collectd

# Start the deamon

service collectd start


# NOTE! FQDN lookup is enabled by default. This might give you troubles if you'r running on Vagrant or some cloud server
# Check /var/log/messages for something like "Looking up "<yourhost>" failed. You have set the "FQDNLookup" option, but I cannot resolve my hostname...
# The fix is easy, just set "FQDNLookup   false" in /etc/collectd.conf