How To Install isns-utils on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install isns-utils on Rocky Linux 8. isns-utils is The iSNS daemon and utility programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install isns-utils on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `isns-utils`

The iSNS package contains the daemon and tools to setup a iSNS server, and iSNS client tools. The Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) protocol allows automated discovery, management and configuration of iSCSI and Fibre Channel devices (using iFCP gateways) on a TCP/IP network.

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

Install isns-utils 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 isns-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install isns-utils

Install isns-utils 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 isns-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install isns-utils

How To Uninstall isns-utils on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the isns-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove isns-utils

isns-utils Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/isns
/etc/isns/isnsadm.conf
/etc/isns/isnsd.conf
/etc/isns/isnsdd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/130685b7bf99a6ab27f06857f294c021a485b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/4c/434f12a7c66360a0ccaffd93e309e09ae2276e
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/b56d79038cee4bfa9a3be5f1b20b769c511376
/usr/lib/systemd/system/isnsd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/isnsd.socket
/usr/sbin/isnsadm
/usr/sbin/isnsd
/usr/sbin/isnsdd
/usr/share/doc/isns-utils
/usr/share/doc/isns-utils/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/isns-utils/README
/usr/share/man/man5/isns_config.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/isnsadm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/isnsd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/isnsdd.8.gz
/var/lib/isns

References

isns-utils website

Summary

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