How To Install nbd-runner on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbd-runner in Fedora 36. nbd-runner is A daemon that handles the NBD device’s IO requests in server side

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbd-runner on Fedora 36.

What is `nbd-runner`

A daemon that handles the userspace side of the NBD (Network Block Device) back-store.

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

Install nbd-runner 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 nbd-runner using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nbd-runner

Install nbd-runner 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 nbd-runner using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nbd-runner

How To Uninstall nbd-runner on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nbd-runner package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nbd-runner

nbd-runner Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/sysconfig/nbd-runner
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/60a4b66b77e103ef8241a625c821125da67499
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nbd-runner.service
/usr/sbin/nbd-runner
/usr/share/doc/nbd-runner
/usr/share/doc/nbd-runner/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/nbd-runner
/usr/share/licenses/nbd-runner/COPYING-GPLV2
/usr/share/licenses/nbd-runner/COPYING-LGPLV3
/usr/share/man/man8/nbd-runner.8.gz
/var/log/nbd-runner/nbd-runner.log

References

nbd-runner website

Summary

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