How To Install rhn-virtualization-host on CentOS 8

rhn-virtualization-host is RHN/Spacewalk Virtualization support specific to the Host system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-virtualization-host on CentOS 8.

What is rhn-virtualization-host

This package contains code for RHN’s and Spacewalk’s Virtualization support that is specific to the Host system (a.k.a. Dom0).

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

Install rhn-virtualization-host 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 rhn-virtualization-host using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rhn-virtualization-host

Install rhn-virtualization-host 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 rhn-virtualization-host using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rhn-virtualization-host

How To Uninstall rhn-virtualization-host on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the rhn-virtualization-host package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rhn-virtualization-host

rhn-virtualization-host Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/cron.d/rhn-virtualization.cron
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rhn-virtualization-host
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/image.cfg
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/studio-kvm-template.xml
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/studio-xen-template.xml
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/virt
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/virt/auto
/usr/share/doc/rhn-virtualization-host
/usr/share/doc/rhn-virtualization-host/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-virtualization-host on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.