How To Install pacemaker on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pacemaker on Rocky Linux 8. pacemaker is Scalable High-Availability cluster resource manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pacemaker on Rocky Linux 8.

What is pacemaker

Pacemaker is an advanced, scalable High-Availability cluster resource manager. It supports more than 16 node clusters with significant capabilities for managing resources and dependencies. It will run scripts at initialization, when machines go up or down, when related resources fail and can be configured to periodically check resource health. Available rpmbuild rebuild options –with(out) profiling

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

Install pacemaker 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 pacemaker using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pacemaker

Install pacemaker 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 pacemaker using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pacemaker

How To Uninstall pacemaker on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the pacemaker package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pacemaker

pacemaker Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/sysconfig/pacemaker
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/7424d7a6db66391e28b7db8c68fe5a12b72965
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/283b41d1ec42de9b30ad6ea0d1f1077f45ac6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/4f040c9326de88b07ea3d0056cb627637a1426
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/ea2431805cb29d553d6324f3fc0bb86c5733f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/e7e322d4e0f00455d2e6ad39d7c997778b69c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/3727d973ff8430759f80c081d06823ab63208f
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/f4b39f73cae2f87b39f2aaa5ee326c726a3a50
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/700803451ac95a0111067d23af8141d6ebd359
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/d79209abee8ee48b09da4e67ee60288f8208cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/5f84af3e78c2b56e10ba7fa0159f49f8478942
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/243dddef3d5d5c826d86b71e0265f01b702521
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f9/4c4d1bd731e1aebf307aaceb07ae4e79d8a3d5
/usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/pacemaker/controld
/usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/pacemaker/remote
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pacemaker.service
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/attrd
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/cib
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/cibmon
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/crmd
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/cts-exec-helper
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/cts-fence-helper
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/lrmd
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/pacemaker-attrd
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/pacemaker-based
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/pacemaker-controld
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/pacemaker-execd
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/pacemaker-fenced
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/pacemaker-schedulerd
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/pengine
/usr/libexec/pacemaker/stonithd
/usr/sbin/crm_attribute
/usr/sbin/crm_master
/usr/sbin/pacemakerd
/usr/share/doc/pacemaker
/usr/share/doc/pacemaker/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pacemaker/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/pacemaker
/usr/share/licenses/pacemaker/GPLv2
/usr/share/man/man7/ocf_pacemaker_controld.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ocf_pacemaker_remote.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/pacemaker-controld.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/pacemaker-fenced.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/pacemaker-schedulerd.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/crm_attribute.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/crm_master.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pacemakerd.8.gz
/usr/share/pacemaker/alerts
/usr/share/pacemaker/alerts/alert_file.sh.sample
/usr/share/pacemaker/alerts/alert_smtp.sh.sample
/usr/share/pacemaker/alerts/alert_snmp.sh.sample
/var/lib/pacemaker/cib
/var/lib/pacemaker/pengine

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Summary

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