How To Install drbd-rgmanager on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-rgmanager on Rocky Linux 8. drbd-rgmanager is Red Hat Cluster Suite agent for DRBD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-rgmanager on Rocky Linux 8.

What is drbd-rgmanager

This package contains the DRBD resource agent for the Red Hat Cluster Suite resource manager. As of Red Hat Cluster Suite 3.0.1, the DRBD resource agent is included in the Cluster distribution.

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

Install drbd-rgmanager 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 drbd-rgmanager using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install drbd-rgmanager

Install drbd-rgmanager 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 drbd-rgmanager using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install drbd-rgmanager

How To Uninstall drbd-rgmanager on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the drbd-rgmanager package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove drbd-rgmanager

drbd-rgmanager Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/cluster/drbd.metadata
/usr/share/cluster/drbd.sh

References

Summary

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