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

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

Introduction

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

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi

The storage driver backend adding implementation of the storage APIs for iscsi volumes using the host iscsi stack.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/66e4de07d3f1d7e62acba091a5ead062498d40
/usr/lib64/libvirt/storage-backend/libvirt_storage_backend_iscsi.so

References

Summary

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