How To Install iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 is iSCSI daemon and utility programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `iscsi-initiator-utils.i686`

The iscsi package provides the server daemon for the iSCSI protocol, as well as the utility programs used to manage it. iSCSI is a protocol for distributed disk access using SCSI commands sent over Internet Protocol networks.

We can use yum to install iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iscsi-initiator-utils.i686.

Install iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 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 iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iscsi-initiator-utils.i686

How To Uninstall iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove iscsi-initiator-utils.i686

iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/04-iscsi
/etc/iscsi
/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
/usr/lib/libiscsi.so.0
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/libiscsimodule.so
/usr/lib/systemd/system/iscsi-shutdown.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/iscsi.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/iscsid.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/iscsid.socket
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/iscsi.conf
/usr/libexec/iscsi-mark-root-nodes
/usr/sbin/iscsi-iname
/usr/sbin/iscsiadm
/usr/sbin/iscsid
/usr/sbin/iscsistart
/usr/share/doc/iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.874
/usr/share/doc/iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.874/README
/usr/share/man/man8/iscsi-iname.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iscsiadm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iscsid.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iscsistart.8.gz
/var/lib/iscsi
/var/lib/iscsi/ifaces
/var/lib/iscsi/isns
/var/lib/iscsi/nodes
/var/lib/iscsi/send_targets
/var/lib/iscsi/slp
/var/lib/iscsi/static
/var/lock/iscsi
/var/lock/iscsi/lock

References

iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iscsi-initiator-utils.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.