How To Install ipmitool.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipmitool.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. ipmitool.x86_64 is Utility for IPMI control

Introduction

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

What is `ipmitool.x86_64`

This package contains a utility for interfacing with devices that support the Intelligent Platform Management Interface specification. IPMI is an open standard for machine health, inventory, and remote power control. This utility can communicate with IPMI-enabled devices through either a kernel driver such as OpenIPMI or over the RMCP LAN protocol defined in the IPMI specification. IPMIv2 adds support for encrypted LAN communications and remote Serial-over-LAN functionality. It provides commands for reading the Sensor Data Repository (SDR) and displaying sensor values, displaying the contents of the System Event Log (SEL), printing Field Replaceable Unit (FRU) information, reading and setting LAN configuration, and chassis power control.

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

Install ipmitool.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 ipmitool.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ipmitool.x86_64

How To Uninstall ipmitool.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove ipmitool.x86_64

ipmitool.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/sysconfig/ipmievd
/usr/bin/ipmitool
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ipmievd.service
/usr/sbin/ipmievd
/usr/share/doc/ipmitool
/usr/share/doc/ipmitool/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ipmitool/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ipmitool/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ipmitool/README
/usr/share/ipmitool
/usr/share/ipmitool/oem_ibm_sel_map
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmitool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ipmievd.8.gz

References

ipmitool.x86_64 website

Summary

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