How To Install ovn-host on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ovn-host in Fedora 36. ovn-host is Open Virtual Network support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ovn-host on Fedora 36.

What is `ovn-host`

OVN controller running on each host.

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

Install ovn-host 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 ovn-host using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ovn-host

Install ovn-host 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 ovn-host using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ovn-host

How To Uninstall ovn-host on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ovn-host package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ovn-host

ovn-host Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ovn-controller
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/6d99a4aedb99341d4b8ab5b47d40250bc00a74
/usr/lib/firewalld/services/ovn-host-firewall-service.xml
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ovn-controller.service
/usr/share/man/man8/ovn-controller.8.gz

References

ovn-host website

Summary

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