How To Install gluster-block on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install gluster-block in Fedora 36. gluster-block is Gluster block storage utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gluster-block on Fedora 36.

What is `gluster-block`

gluster-block is a CLI utility, which aims at making gluster backed block storage creation and maintenance as simple as possible.

We can use yum or dnf to install gluster-block on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gluster-block.

Install gluster-block on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gluster-block using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gluster-block

Install gluster-block on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install gluster-block using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install gluster-block

How To Uninstall gluster-block on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the gluster-block package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gluster-block

gluster-block Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/logrotate.d/gluster-block
/etc/sysconfig/gluster-blockd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/1f06230a0e0446231c751969d780fae03819c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/14f2c1f1d7493ad99b378b347b41d577725a45
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gluster-block-target.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gluster-blockd.service
/usr/libexec/gluster-block
/usr/libexec/gluster-block/upgrade_activities.sh
/usr/libexec/gluster-block/wait-for-bricks.sh
/usr/sbin/gluster-block
/usr/sbin/gluster-blockd
/usr/share/doc/gluster-block
/usr/share/doc/gluster-block/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/gluster-block
/usr/share/licenses/gluster-block/COPYING-GPLV2
/usr/share/licenses/gluster-block/COPYING-LGPLV3
/usr/share/man/man8/gluster-block.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/gluster-blockd.8.gz
/var/lib/gluster-block
/var/lib/gluster-block/gb_upgrade.status
/var/lib/gluster-block/gluster-block-caps.info
/var/log/gluster-block

References

gluster-block website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gluster-block on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).