How To Install exchange-bmc-os-info on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install exchange-bmc-os-info in Fedora 36. exchange-bmc-os-info is Let OS and BMC exchange info

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install exchange-bmc-os-info on Fedora 36.

What is exchange-bmc-os-info

Given a host with BMC, this package would pass the hostname & OS information to the BMC and also capture the BMC ip info for the host OS to use.

We can use yum or dnf to install exchange-bmc-os-info on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install exchange-bmc-os-info.

Install exchange-bmc-os-info on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install exchange-bmc-os-info using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install exchange-bmc-os-info

Install exchange-bmc-os-info on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install exchange-bmc-os-info using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install exchange-bmc-os-info

How To Uninstall exchange-bmc-os-info on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the exchange-bmc-os-info package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove exchange-bmc-os-info

exchange-bmc-os-info Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/profile.d/set-bmc-url.sh
/etc/sysconfig/exchange-bmc-os-info
/usr/lib/systemd/system/exchange-bmc-os-info.service
/usr/libexec/exchange-bmc-os-info

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install exchange-bmc-os-info on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).