How To Install corosync-qnetd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-qnetd on CentOS 8.
What is corosync-qnetd
This package contains the Corosync Cluster Engine Qdevice Network Daemon, script for creating NSS certificates and an init script.
We can use yum or dnf to install corosync-qnetd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install corosync-qnetd.
Install corosync-qnetd 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-qnetd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install corosync-qnetd
Install corosync-qnetd 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-qnetd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install corosync-qnetd
How To Uninstall corosync-qnetd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the corosync-qnetd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove corosync-qnetd
corosync-qnetd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/corosync/qnetd
/etc/sysconfig/corosync-qnetd
/usr/bin/corosync-qnetd
/usr/bin/corosync-qnetd-certutil
/usr/bin/corosync-qnetd-tool
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/a905f5c4c12289ac081a85df87ac30a15a18a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/670572288210964e7254ad41abdbe7af2c37e9
/usr/lib/systemd/system/corosync-qnetd.service
/usr/share/licenses/corosync-qnetd
/usr/share/licenses/corosync-qnetd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qnetd-certutil.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qnetd-tool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/corosync-qnetd.8.gz
/var/run/corosync-qnetd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-qnetd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.