How To Install drbd-udev on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-udev on Rocky Linux 8. drbd-udev is udev integration scripts for DRBD

Introduction

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

What is drbd-udev

This package contains udev helper scripts for DRBD, managing symlinks to DRBD devices in /dev/drbd/by-res and /dev/drbd/by-disk.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install drbd-udev

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

sudo yum -y install drbd-udev

How To Uninstall drbd-udev on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove drbd-udev

drbd-udev Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/65-drbd.rules

References

Summary

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