How To Install dhcp-relay on CentOS 8

dhcp-relay is Provides the ISC DHCP relay agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-relay on CentOS 8.

What is dhcp-relay

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a protocol which allows individual devices on an IP network to get their own network configuration information (IP address, subnetmask, broadcast address, etc.) from a DHCP server. The overall purpose of DHCP is to make it easier to administer a large network. This package provides the ISC DHCP relay agent.

We can use yum or dnf to install dhcp-relay on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dhcp-relay.

Install dhcp-relay 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 dhcp-relay using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dhcp-relay

Install dhcp-relay 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 dhcp-relay using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dhcp-relay

How To Uninstall dhcp-relay on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dhcp-relay package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dhcp-relay

dhcp-relay Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/a80c18b8cb4c5d2973bae79a2b454a2967273e
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcrelay.service
/usr/sbin/dhcrelay
/usr/share/man/man8/dhcrelay.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dhcp-relay on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.