How To Install corosync-qnetd on CentOS 8

corosync-qnetd is The Corosync Cluster Engine Qdevice Network Daemon

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.