How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on CentOS 8.
What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
The storage driver backend adding implementation of the storage APIs for rbd volumes using the ceph protocol.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 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-rbd.
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 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-rbd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd 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-rbd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/8f005d3c270b03d33a9874268d36d57e442860
/usr/lib64/libvirt/storage-backend/libvirt_storage_backend_rbd.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.