How To Install Pound on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install Pound on Rocky Linux 8.
What is Pound
The Pound program is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end for Web server(s). Pound was developed to enable distributing the load among several Web-servers and to allow for a convenient SSL wrapper for those Web servers that do not offer it natively. Pound is distributed under the GPL - no warranty, it’s free to use, copy and give away
We can use yum or dnf to install Pound on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install Pound.
Install Pound on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install Pound using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install Pound
Install Pound on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install Pound using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install Pound
How To Uninstall Pound on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the Pound package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove Pound
Pound Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/pki/tls/certs/pound.pem
/etc/pound.cfg
/usr/bin/poundctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/713ea99f012cc46b39d3e242f78f59196d0fa5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/462a140cbd4b4ff20e9586ea0560c7f0c28b51
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pound.service
/usr/sbin/pound
/usr/share/doc/Pound
/usr/share/doc/Pound/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/Pound/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/Pound/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/Pound
/usr/share/licenses/Pound/GPL.txt
/usr/share/man/man8/pound.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/poundctl.8.gz
/var/lib/pound
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install Pound on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
