How To Install dmlite-dpm-dsi on CentOS 8

dmlite-dpm-dsi is Disk Pool Manager (DPM) plugin for the Globus GridFTP server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-dpm-dsi on CentOS 8.

What is dmlite-dpm-dsi

The dpm-dsi package provides a Disk Pool Manager (DPM) plugin for the Globus GridFTP server, following the Globus Data Storage Interface (DSI). The Disk Pool Manager (DPM) is a lightweight storage solution for grid sites. It offers a simple way to create a disk-based grid storage element and supports relevant protocols (SRM, gridFTP, RFIO) for file management and access. Globus provides open source grid software, including a server implementation of the GridFTP protocol. This plugin implements the DPM backend specifics required to expose the data using this protocol.

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

Install dmlite-dpm-dsi 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 dmlite-dpm-dsi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dmlite-dpm-dsi

Install dmlite-dpm-dsi 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 dmlite-dpm-dsi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dmlite-dpm-dsi

How To Uninstall dmlite-dpm-dsi on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the dmlite-dpm-dsi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dmlite-dpm-dsi

dmlite-dpm-dsi Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/logrotate.d/dpm-gsiftp
/etc/sysconfig/dpm-gsiftp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/6be37d4999d071637251d01c7c8b2ea2068a53
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dpm-gsiftp.service
/usr/lib64/libglobus_gridftp_server_dmlite.so
/usr/share/doc/dmlite-dpm-dsi
/usr/share/doc/dmlite-dpm-dsi/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/dmlite-dpm-dsi/RELEASE-NOTES
/var/log/dpm-gsiftp

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmlite-dpm-dsi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.