How To Install libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64 is Sanlock lock manager plugin for QEMU driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64`

Includes the Sanlock lock manager plugin for the QEMU driver

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

Install libvirt-lock-sanlock.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 libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64

How To Uninstall libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64

libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/libvirt/qemu-sanlock.conf
/usr/lib64/libvirt/lock-driver/sanlock.so
/usr/libexec/libvirt_sanlock_helper
/usr/sbin/virt-sanlock-cleanup
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/libvirt_sanlock.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_libvirt_sanlock.aug
/usr/share/man/man8/virt-sanlock-cleanup.8.gz
/var/lib/libvirt/sanlock

References

libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-lock-sanlock.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.