How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct on CentOS 8

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct is Storage driver plugin for iscsi-direct

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct on CentOS 8.

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

The storage driver backend adding implementation of the storage APIs for iscsi volumes using libiscsi direct connection.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct.

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct 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-driver-storage-iscsi-direct using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct 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-driver-storage-iscsi-direct using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/092e5f2283d11bf2d4f91c91958d63543d4cfb
/usr/lib64/libvirt/storage-backend/libvirt_storage_backend_iscsi-direct.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.