How To Install glusterfs-thin-arbiter on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-thin-arbiter in Fedora 36. glusterfs-thin-arbiter is GlusterFS thin-arbiter module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-thin-arbiter on Fedora 36.

What is `glusterfs-thin-arbiter`

This package provides a tie-breaker functionality to GlusterFS replicate volume. It includes translators required to provide the functionality, and also few other scripts required for setup. This package provides the glusterfs thin-arbiter translator.

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

Install glusterfs-thin-arbiter 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 glusterfs-thin-arbiter using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glusterfs-thin-arbiter

Install glusterfs-thin-arbiter 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 glusterfs-thin-arbiter using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glusterfs-thin-arbiter

How To Uninstall glusterfs-thin-arbiter on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the glusterfs-thin-arbiter package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glusterfs-thin-arbiter

glusterfs-thin-arbiter Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/glusterfs/thin-arbiter.vol
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/3dc0d2fd2e6318da14fed2e2deb8201ca624e0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gluster-ta-volume.service
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/10.1/xlator
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/10.1/xlator/features
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/10.1/xlator/features/thin-arbiter.so
/usr/share/glusterfs/scripts
/usr/share/glusterfs/scripts/setup-thin-arbiter.sh
/etc/glusterfs/thin-arbiter.vol
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/f6446c6e2eabf5f31f29ca99c6167a4d88ed6e
/usr/lib/systemd/system/gluster-ta-volume.service
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/10.2/xlator
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/10.2/xlator/features
/usr/lib64/glusterfs/10.2/xlator/features/thin-arbiter.so
/usr/share/glusterfs/scripts
/usr/share/glusterfs/scripts/setup-thin-arbiter.sh

References

glusterfs-thin-arbiter website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glusterfs-thin-arbiter on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).