How To Install corosync-qdevice on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-qdevice on CentOS 8.
What is corosync-qdevice
This package contains the Corosync Cluster Engine Qdevice, script for creating NSS certificates and an init script.
We can use yum or dnf to install corosync-qdevice on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install corosync-qdevice.
Install corosync-qdevice on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install corosync-qdevice using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install corosync-qdevice
Install corosync-qdevice on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install corosync-qdevice using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install corosync-qdevice
How To Uninstall corosync-qdevice on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the corosync-qdevice package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove corosync-qdevice
corosync-qdevice Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/corosync/qdevice
/etc/corosync/qdevice/net
/etc/sysconfig/corosync-qdevice
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9e/bf6ceae1d87b152ec46dff3ec6498be249812a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/d1a5c7394d4dda91ad1fbbdafe4ac163bf7023
/usr/lib/systemd/system/corosync-qdevice.service
/usr/sbin/corosync-qdevice
/usr/sbin/corosync-qdevice-net-certutil
/usr/sbin/corosync-qdevice-tool
/usr/share/licenses/corosync-qdevice
/usr/share/licenses/corosync-qdevice/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qdevice-net-certutil.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qdevice-tool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qdevice.8.gz
/var/run/corosync-qdevice
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-qdevice on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.