How To Install libvirt-daemon on CentOS 8
libvirt-daemon is Server side daemon and supporting files for libvirt library
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon on CentOS 8.
What is libvirt-daemon
Server side daemon required to manage the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux. Requires a hypervisor specific sub-RPM for specific drivers.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-daemon on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-daemon.
Install libvirt-daemon 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 libvirt-daemon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon
Install libvirt-daemon 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 libvirt-daemon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon
libvirt-daemon Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/libvirt
/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
/etc/libvirt/virtlockd.conf
/etc/libvirt/virtlogd.conf
/etc/libvirt/virtproxyd.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/libvirtd
/etc/sasl2/libvirt.conf
/etc/sysconfig/libvirtd
/etc/sysconfig/virtlockd
/etc/sysconfig/virtlogd
/run/libvirt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/5712cc1384d3c26ab26979f7cbb247ec765a35
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/edd0216cbc700f73044e5f53db764b69565e3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/07250209e5b1b0f88f6df9fb3d45c49922411a
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/92e6c551adf4a571e2f47171c1cb3966b332bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/7f7d8097c07590d87d6965c01424d05dbdd098
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/4c44901ff54ba7ded92bd02c17448f860b8d2d
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd-tcp.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd-tls.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virt-guest-shutdown.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlogd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlogd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlogd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd-tcp.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd-tls.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd.socket
/usr/lib64/libvirt
/usr/lib64/libvirt/connection-driver
/usr/lib64/libvirt/lock-driver
/usr/lib64/libvirt/lock-driver/lockd.so
/usr/libexec/libvirt_iohelper
/usr/sbin/libvirtd
/usr/sbin/virtlockd
/usr/sbin/virtlogd
/usr/sbin/virtproxyd
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/libvirt_lockd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/libvirtd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_libvirt_lockd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_libvirtd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtlockd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtlogd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtproxyd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtlockd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtlogd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtproxyd.aug
/usr/share/libvirt
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-atset1.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-atset2.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-atset3.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-linux.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-osx.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-qnum.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-usb.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-win32.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-xtkbd.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeyname-linux.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeyname-osx.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeyname-win32.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libvirtd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/virtlockd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/virtlogd.8.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.libvirt.api.policy
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.libvirt.unix.policy
/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/50-libvirt.rules
/var/cache/libvirt
/var/lib/libvirt/boot
/var/lib/libvirt/filesystems
/var/lib/libvirt/images
/var/log/libvirt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.