How To Install corosync-qnetd on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is corosync-qnetd

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

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

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

sudo dnf -y install corosync-qnetd

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

sudo yum -y install corosync-qnetd

How To Uninstall corosync-qnetd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove corosync-qnetd

corosync-qnetd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/corosync/qnetd
/etc/sysconfig/corosync-qnetd
/usr/bin/corosync-qnetd
/usr/bin/corosync-qnetd-certutil
/usr/bin/corosync-qnetd-tool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/b26b11b6d8ad6a20bf12ed921e4912ce3aa108
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/0173988221763a4a7cc9df5420b0b0bfbbc428
/usr/lib/systemd/system/corosync-qnetd.service
/usr/share/licenses/corosync-qnetd
/usr/share/licenses/corosync-qnetd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qnetd-certutil.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qnetd-tool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qnetd.8.gz
/var/run/corosync-qnetd

References

Summary

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