How To Install ipvsadm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipvsadm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is ipvsadm.x86_64
ipvsadm is used to setup, maintain, and inspect the virtual server table in the Linux kernel. The Linux Virtual Server can be used to build scalable network services based on a cluster of two or more nodes. The active node of the cluster redirects service requests to a collection of server hosts that will actually perform the services. Supported Features include - two transport layer (layer-4) protocols (TCP and UDP) - three packet-forwarding methods (NAT, tunneling, and direct routing) - eight load balancing algorithms (round robin, weighted round robin, least-connection, weighted least-connection, locality-based least-connection, locality-based least-connection with replication, destination-hashing, and source-hashing)
We can use yum to install ipvsadm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ipvsadm.x86_64.
Install ipvsadm.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 ipvsadm.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ipvsadm.x86_64
How To Uninstall ipvsadm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the ipvsadm.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove ipvsadm.x86_64
ipvsadm.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/etc/sysconfig/ipvsadm-config
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ipvsadm.service
/usr/sbin/ipvsadm
/usr/sbin/ipvsadm-restore
/usr/sbin/ipvsadm-save
/usr/share/doc/ipvsadm-1.27
/usr/share/doc/ipvsadm-1.27/README
/usr/share/man/man8/ipvsadm-restore.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ipvsadm-save.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ipvsadm.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipvsadm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.