How To Install freeipmi-ipmiseld on CentOS 8

freeipmi-ipmiseld is IPMI SEL syslog logging daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipmi-ipmiseld on CentOS 8.

What is freeipmi-ipmiseld

IPMI SEL syslog logging daemon.

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

Install freeipmi-ipmiseld 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 freeipmi-ipmiseld using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install freeipmi-ipmiseld

Install freeipmi-ipmiseld 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 freeipmi-ipmiseld using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install freeipmi-ipmiseld

How To Uninstall freeipmi-ipmiseld on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the freeipmi-ipmiseld package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove freeipmi-ipmiseld

freeipmi-ipmiseld Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/freeipmi/ipmiseld.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/a6ac409a588f84f14aa543255f00cc7a549a6c
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ipmiseld.service
/usr/sbin/ipmiseld
/usr/share/doc/freeipmi/COPYING.ipmiseld
/usr/share/doc/freeipmi/DISCLAIMER.ipmiseld
/usr/share/man/man5/ipmiseld.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ipmiseld.8.gz
/var/cache/ipmiseld

References

Summary

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