How To Install glusterfs-rdma on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-rdma on Rocky Linux 8. glusterfs-rdma is GlusterFS rdma support for ib-verbs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-rdma on Rocky Linux 8.

What is glusterfs-rdma

GlusterFS is a distributed file-system capable of scaling to several petabytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. GlusterFS is one of the most sophisticated file systems in terms of features and extensibility. It borrows a powerful concept called Translators from GNU Hurd kernel. Much of the code in GlusterFS is in user space and easily manageable. This package provides support to ib-verbs library.

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

Install glusterfs-rdma 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 glusterfs-rdma using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glusterfs-rdma

Install glusterfs-rdma 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 glusterfs-rdma using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glusterfs-rdma

How To Uninstall glusterfs-rdma on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the glusterfs-rdma package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glusterfs-rdma

glusterfs-rdma Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/3f9d69745d3f3f4882ccbe33b646c0573264c4
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/6.0/rpc-transport
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/6.0/rpc-transport/rdma.so

References

Summary

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