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Last active December 5, 2018 02:48
Install collectd 5.4 on Centos 6.x and make it spit out cool metrics. Copied from http://linuxdrops.com/install-collectd-statistics-collecter-on-centos-rhel-ubuntu-debian/ and tweaked for your and my pleasure. For all other cool options, check the provided link.
#!/bin/bash
# Perform installation as root
# Install prereqs
yum -y install libcurl libcurl-devel rrdtool rrdtool-devel rrdtool-prel libgcrypt-devel gcc make gcc-c++
# Get Collectd, untar it, make it and install
wget http://collectd.org/files/collectd-5.4.0.tar.gz
tar zxvf collectd-5.4.0.tar.gz