How To Install ctdb.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ctdb.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. ctdb.x86_64 is A Clustered Database based on Samba’s Trivial Database (TDB)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ctdb.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `ctdb.x86_64`

CTDB is a cluster implementation of the TDB database used by Samba and other projects to store temporary data. If an application is already using TDB for temporary data it is very easy to convert that application to be cluster aware and use CTDB instead.

We can use yum to install ctdb.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ctdb.x86_64.

Install ctdb.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ctdb.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ctdb.x86_64

How To Uninstall ctdb.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the ctdb.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove ctdb.x86_64

ctdb.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/ctdb
/etc/ctdb/ctdb-crash-cleanup.sh
/etc/ctdb/ctdb.conf
/etc/ctdb/debug-hung-script.sh
/etc/ctdb/debug_locks.sh
/etc/ctdb/events
/etc/ctdb/events/legacy
/etc/ctdb/events/notification
/etc/ctdb/events/notification/README
/etc/ctdb/functions
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/00.portmapper.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/10.status.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/20.nfs.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/30.nlockmgr.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/40.mountd.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/50.rquotad.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/README
/etc/ctdb/nfs-linux-kernel-callout
/etc/ctdb/notify.sh
/etc/ctdb/statd-callout
/etc/sudoers.d/ctdb
/etc/sysconfig/ctdb
/usr/bin/ctdb
/usr/bin/ctdb_diagnostics
/usr/bin/ctdb_local_daemons
/usr/bin/ltdbtool
/usr/bin/onnode
/usr/bin/ping_pong
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ctdb.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ctdb.conf
/usr/libexec/ctdb
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-config
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-event
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-eventd
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-path
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_killtcp
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_lock_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_lvs
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_mutex_fcntl_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_natgw
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_recovery_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_takeover_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/smnotify
/usr/sbin/ctdbd
/usr/sbin/ctdbd_wrapper
/usr/share/ctdb
/usr/share/ctdb/events
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/00.ctdb.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/01.reclock.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/05.system.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/06.nfs.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/10.interface.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/11.natgw.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/11.routing.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/13.per_ip_routing.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/20.multipathd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/31.clamd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/40.vsftpd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/41.httpd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/49.winbind.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/50.samba.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/60.nfs.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/70.iscsi.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/91.lvs.script
/usr/share/doc/ctdb-4.10.16
/usr/share/doc/ctdb-4.10.16/README
/usr/share/doc/ctdb-4.10.16/examples
/usr/share/doc/ctdb-4.10.16/examples/11.natgw.options
/usr/share/doc/ctdb-4.10.16/examples/20.nfs_ganesha.check
/usr/share/doc/ctdb-4.10.16/examples/91.lvs.options
/usr/share/doc/ctdb-4.10.16/examples/README
/usr/share/doc/ctdb-4.10.16/examples/config_migrate.sh
/usr/share/doc/ctdb-4.10.16/examples/config_migrate.test_input
/usr/share/doc/ctdb-4.10.16/examples/ctdb.conf
/usr/share/doc/ctdb-4.10.16/examples/nfs-ganesha-callout
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdb_diagnostics.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdbd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdbd_wrapper.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ltdbtool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/onnode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ping_pong.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ctdb-script.options.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ctdb.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ctdb.sysconfig.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ctdb-statistics.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ctdb-tunables.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ctdb.7.gz
/var/lib/ctdb
/var/lib/ctdb/persistent
/var/lib/ctdb/state
/var/lib/ctdb/volatile

References

ctdb.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ctdb.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.