How To Install zezere-ignition on CentOS 8

zezere-ignition is Ignition client for Zezere

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zezere-ignition on CentOS 8.

What is zezere-ignition

An Ignition client for Zezere managed systems.

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

Install zezere-ignition 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 zezere-ignition using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zezere-ignition

Install zezere-ignition 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 zezere-ignition using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zezere-ignition

How To Uninstall zezere-ignition on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the zezere-ignition package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove zezere-ignition

zezere-ignition Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/issue.d/zezere_ignition.issue
/usr/bin/zezere-ignition
/usr/lib/systemd/system/zezere_ignition.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/zezere_ignition.timer
/usr/lib/systemd/system/zezere_ignition_banner.service

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zezere-ignition on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.