How To Install lbd on Fedora 34

lbd is A DNS/HTTP load balancing detector

Introduction

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

What is lbd

lbd (load balancing detector) detects if a given domain uses DNS and/or HTTP Load-Balancing (via Server

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

Install lbd 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 lbd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lbd

Install lbd 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 lbd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lbd

How To Uninstall lbd on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove lbd

lbd Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/lbd

References

Summary

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