How To Install nova-agent on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install nova-agent in Fedora 36. nova-agent is Agent for setting up clean servers on Xen

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nova-agent on Fedora 36.

What is nova-agent

Python agent for setting up clean servers on Xen using xenstore data.

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

Install nova-agent 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 nova-agent using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nova-agent

Install nova-agent 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 nova-agent using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nova-agent

How To Uninstall nova-agent on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the nova-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nova-agent

nova-agent Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/nova-agent
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent-2.1.24-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent-2.1.24-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent-2.1.24-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent-2.1.24-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent-2.1.24-py3.10.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent-2.1.24-py3.10.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent-2.1.24-py3.10.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent-2.1.24-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/__pycache__/novaagent.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/__pycache__/novaagent.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/__pycache__/utils.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/__pycache__/utils.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/__pycache__/xenbus.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/__pycache__/xenbus.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/__pycache__/file_inject.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/__pycache__/file_inject.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/__pycache__/kms.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/__pycache__/kms.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/__pycache__/password.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/__pycache__/password.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/file_inject.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/kms.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/common/password.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__pycache__/alpine.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__pycache__/alpine.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__pycache__/centos.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__pycache__/centos.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__pycache__/debian.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__pycache__/debian.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__pycache__/redhat.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/__pycache__/redhat.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/alpine.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/centos.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/debian.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/libs/redhat.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/novaagent.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/utils.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenbus.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenstore
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenstore/ProcXenBus.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenstore/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenstore/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenstore/__pycache__/ProcXenBus.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenstore/__pycache__/ProcXenBus.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenstore/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenstore/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenstore/__pycache__/xenstore.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenstore/__pycache__/xenstore.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/novaagent/xenstore/xenstore.py
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nova-agent.service
/usr/share/doc/nova-agent
/usr/share/doc/nova-agent/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/nova-agent
/usr/share/licenses/nova-agent/LICENSE

References

Summary

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