How To Install ctdb on Fedora 34

ctdb is A Clustered Database based on Samba’s Trivial Database (TDB)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ctdb on Fedora 34.

What is ctdb

CTDB is a cluster implementation of the TDB database used by Samba and other projects to store temporary data. If an application is already using TDB for temporary data it is very easy to convert that application to be cluster aware and use CTDB instead.

We can use yum or dnf to install ctdb on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ctdb.

Install ctdb on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ctdb using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ctdb

Install ctdb on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ctdb using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ctdb

How To Uninstall ctdb on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the ctdb package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ctdb

ctdb Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/ctdb
/etc/ctdb/ctdb-crash-cleanup.sh
/etc/ctdb/ctdb.conf
/etc/ctdb/debug-hung-script.sh
/etc/ctdb/debug_locks.sh
/etc/ctdb/events
/etc/ctdb/events/legacy
/etc/ctdb/events/notification
/etc/ctdb/events/notification/README
/etc/ctdb/functions
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/00.portmapper.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/10.status.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/20.nfs.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/30.nlockmgr.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/40.mountd.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/50.rquotad.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/README
/etc/ctdb/nfs-linux-kernel-callout
/etc/ctdb/notify.sh
/etc/ctdb/statd-callout
/etc/sudoers.d/ctdb
/etc/sysconfig/ctdb
/usr/bin/ctdb
/usr/bin/ctdb_diagnostics
/usr/bin/ltdbtool
/usr/bin/onnode
/usr/bin/ping_pong
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/5b004081a0c09a46295be909cb9acc1b5c6ff8
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/96793fba3ff04dd60fee98fb56f7b935c89d58
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/7d872cdea3949d015bcb8d7ee0d470ffe4f43f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/cebe09563d30013d4f158a3313a48ae4f0cca6
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/debc2b8a8b8c9918249c5d0c3b095bd4d5cbcd
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/75d80e3eaa691ee21d389d1d153c8cef5bf400
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/2183a05fbcab649a8f957df21169d0f7f8b6cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/79
/usr/lib/.build-id/79/f9c97e8622e888666c3df84d5d12f80160c528
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/2c0b2fcbef303cc034a574a77497ee34ec8dbb
/usr/lib/.build-id/b7/6f35b1312b020002843569edc027e29a6cf694
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/a0d2958c9c6406e5decf7402a293ac24a5aa37
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/4ffff12938cc5e0ed1c7e4cfd4c9c708150933
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/88ee13e571c2a2087429f4e78346466d71fb7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/ce0332c3df4e910511377064ffd7f9c84e05a3
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ctdb.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ctdb.conf
/usr/libexec/ctdb
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-config
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-event
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-eventd
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-path
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_killtcp
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_lock_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_lvs
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_mutex_fcntl_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_natgw
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_recovery_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_takeover_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/smnotify
/usr/sbin/ctdbd
/usr/sbin/ctdbd_wrapper
/usr/share/ctdb
/usr/share/ctdb/events
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/00.ctdb.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/01.reclock.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/05.system.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/06.nfs.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/10.interface.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/11.natgw.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/11.routing.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/13.per_ip_routing.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/20.multipathd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/31.clamd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/40.vsftpd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/41.httpd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/48.netbios.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/49.winbind.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/50.samba.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/60.nfs.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/70.iscsi.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/91.lvs.script
/usr/share/doc/ctdb
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/README
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/11.natgw.options
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/20.nfs_ganesha.check
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/91.lvs.options
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/README
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/config_migrate.sh
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/config_migrate.test_input
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/ctdb.conf
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/nfs-ganesha-callout
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdb_diagnostics.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdbd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdbd_wrapper.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ltdbtool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/onnode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ping_pong.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ctdb-script.options.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ctdb.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ctdb.sysconfig.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ctdb-statistics.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ctdb-tunables.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ctdb.7.gz
/var/lib/ctdb
/var/lib/ctdb/persistent
/var/lib/ctdb/state
/var/lib/ctdb/volatile
/etc/ctdb
/etc/ctdb/ctdb-crash-cleanup.sh
/etc/ctdb/ctdb.conf
/etc/ctdb/debug-hung-script.sh
/etc/ctdb/debug_locks.sh
/etc/ctdb/events
/etc/ctdb/events/legacy
/etc/ctdb/events/notification
/etc/ctdb/events/notification/README
/etc/ctdb/functions
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/00.portmapper.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/10.status.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/20.nfs.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/30.nlockmgr.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/40.mountd.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/50.rquotad.check
/etc/ctdb/nfs-checks.d/README
/etc/ctdb/nfs-linux-kernel-callout
/etc/ctdb/notify.sh
/etc/ctdb/statd-callout
/etc/sudoers.d/ctdb
/etc/sysconfig/ctdb
/usr/bin/ctdb
/usr/bin/ctdb_diagnostics
/usr/bin/ltdbtool
/usr/bin/onnode
/usr/bin/ping_pong
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/d7913edf24f65253e241d882ded91dfe91c3ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/73d1fc9f41f810e08a6d5a98baa965beda52c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/0573b8b452d58449cc38dcdac52638768753e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/f6893afb8b216b0c9cd54431a8715c9da3d4c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/216afe4482e6b4204b9af42a13dee62ed712d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/96
/usr/lib/.build-id/96/992b0409864e08677ee9302e63625883a7f57c
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/7c00afeeb7bce3c29c80474f5251ee522a9774
/usr/lib/.build-id/a2/08e1fc00526e8fcb4977d33b06b56b005c9686
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/49f5f41f1b65d318cf1cd2781345136ef3de5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/9a4b4bd9a2f641a4d98fd8cabb24096a9f3d37
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/b7e3cb8285ec6ef416e30adb437e0851d4ba7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/be405894c5c72f216d0a8dd4a6c7b8c5bcc645
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/fe154585dee303da312049538505d851d28f1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/aa7db99588c6cf3ba0d34a398a35ba4d84266a
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ctdb.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ctdb.conf
/usr/libexec/ctdb
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-config
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-event
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-eventd
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb-path
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_killtcp
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_lock_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_lvs
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_mutex_fcntl_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_natgw
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_recovery_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/ctdb_takeover_helper
/usr/libexec/ctdb/smnotify
/usr/sbin/ctdbd
/usr/sbin/ctdbd_wrapper
/usr/share/ctdb
/usr/share/ctdb/events
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/00.ctdb.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/01.reclock.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/05.system.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/06.nfs.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/10.interface.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/11.natgw.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/11.routing.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/13.per_ip_routing.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/20.multipathd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/31.clamd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/40.vsftpd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/41.httpd.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/48.netbios.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/49.winbind.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/50.samba.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/60.nfs.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/70.iscsi.script
/usr/share/ctdb/events/legacy/91.lvs.script
/usr/share/doc/ctdb
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/README
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/11.natgw.options
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/20.nfs_ganesha.check
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/91.lvs.options
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/README
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/config_migrate.sh
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/config_migrate.test_input
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/ctdb.conf
/usr/share/doc/ctdb/examples/nfs-ganesha-callout
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdb_diagnostics.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdbd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ctdbd_wrapper.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ltdbtool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/onnode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ping_pong.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ctdb-script.options.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ctdb.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/ctdb.sysconfig.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ctdb-statistics.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ctdb-tunables.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ctdb.7.gz
/var/lib/ctdb
/var/lib/ctdb/persistent
/var/lib/ctdb/state
/var/lib/ctdb/volatile

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ctdb on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.