How To Install corosync-qdevice on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-qdevice on Rocky Linux 8. corosync-qdevice is The Corosync Cluster Engine Qdevice

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-qdevice on Rocky Linux 8.

What is corosync-qdevice

This package contains the Corosync Cluster Engine Qdevice, script for creating NSS certificates and an init script.

We can use yum or dnf to install corosync-qdevice on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install corosync-qdevice.

Install corosync-qdevice 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 corosync-qdevice using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install corosync-qdevice

Install corosync-qdevice 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 corosync-qdevice using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install corosync-qdevice

How To Uninstall corosync-qdevice on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the corosync-qdevice package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove corosync-qdevice

corosync-qdevice Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/corosync/qdevice
/etc/corosync/qdevice/net
/etc/sysconfig/corosync-qdevice
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/4039807f1026b189cea5930cd7ab0184978452
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/7c9fc4e121f67aff8402f7f58d88e981006cb4
/usr/lib/systemd/system/corosync-qdevice.service
/usr/sbin/corosync-qdevice
/usr/sbin/corosync-qdevice-net-certutil
/usr/sbin/corosync-qdevice-tool
/usr/share/licenses/corosync-qdevice
/usr/share/licenses/corosync-qdevice/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qdevice-net-certutil.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qdevice-tool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qdevice.8.gz
/var/run/corosync-qdevice

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-qdevice on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.