How To Install ignition-validate on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ignition-validate on Fedora 36.
What is ignition-validate
Ignition is a utility used to manipulate systems during the initramfs. This includes partitioning disks, formatting partitions, writing files (regular files, systemd units, etc.), and configuring users. On first boot, Ignition reads its configuration from a source of truth (remote URL, network metadata service, hypervisor bridge, etc.) and applies the configuration. This package contains a tool for validating Ignition configurations.
We can use yum or dnf to install ignition-validate on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ignition-validate.
Install ignition-validate 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 ignition-validate using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ignition-validate
Install ignition-validate 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 ignition-validate using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ignition-validate
How To Uninstall ignition-validate on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the ignition-validate package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ignition-validate
ignition-validate Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/ignition-validate
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/7c7e9994837435ef36cd8042c7bf82ff90ce58
/usr/share/doc/ignition-validate
/usr/share/doc/ignition-validate/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ignition-validate
/usr/share/licenses/ignition-validate/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ignition-validate on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).