How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on Rocky Linux 8. libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd is Storage driver plugin for rbd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

The storage driver backend adding implementation of the storage APIs for rbd volumes using the ceph protocol.

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

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/84948dbd35494c2096abeb037c16248f4ef7f0
/usr/lib64/libvirt/storage-backend/libvirt_storage_backend_rbd.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.