How To Install Perlbal on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install Perlbal in Fedora 36. Perlbal is Reverse-proxy load balance and web-server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install Perlbal on Fedora 36.

What is `Perlbal`

Perlbal is a single-threaded event-based server supporting HTTP load balancing, web serving, and a mix of the two. Perlbal can act as either a web server or a reverse proxy. One of the defining things about Perlbal is that almost everything can be configured or reconfigured on the fly without needing to restart the software. A basic configuration file containing a management port enables you to easily perform operations on a running instance of Perlbal. Perlbal can also be extended by means of per-service (and global) plugins that can override many parts of request handling and behavior.

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

Install Perlbal 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 Perlbal using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install Perlbal

Install Perlbal 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 Perlbal using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install Perlbal

How To Uninstall Perlbal on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the Perlbal package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove Perlbal

Perlbal Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/perlbal
/etc/perlbal/perlbal.conf
/usr/bin/perlbal
/usr/lib/systemd/system/perlbal.service
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/README
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/config-guide.txt
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/examples
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/examples/echoservice.conf
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/examples/load-balancer.conf
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/examples/nodelist.dat
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/examples/not-modified-plugin.conf
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/examples/ssl.conf
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/examples/virtual-hosts.conf
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/examples/webserver.conf
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/hacking
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/hacking/classes.txt
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/hacking/hooks.txt
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/hacking/todo.txt
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/http-versions.txt
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/pool-parameters.txt
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/reproxying.txt
/usr/share/doc/Perlbal/service-parameters.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/perlbal.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::FAQ.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Configuration.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Contributing.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Credits.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Debugging.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::FailOver.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::HighPriority.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Hooks.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Install.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Internals.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::LoadBalancer.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Logging.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Management.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Plugins.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::ReverseProxy.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Roles.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::Selector.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Manual::WebServer.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Plugin::Cgilike.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Plugin::FlvStreaming.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Plugin::Include.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Plugin::MaxContentLength.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Plugin::Palimg.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Plugin::Redirect.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Plugin::Throttle.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Plugin::XFFExtras.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Test.3pm.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/Perlbal::Util.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/AIO.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/BackendHTTP.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Cache.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/ChunkedUploadState.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/ClientHTTP.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/ClientHTTPBase.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/ClientManage.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/ClientProxy.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/CommandContext.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/FAQ.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Fields.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/HTTPHeaders.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/ManageCommand.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Configuration.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Contributing.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Credits.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Debugging.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/FailOver.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/HighPriority.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Hooks.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Install.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Internals.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/LoadBalancer.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Logging.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Management.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Plugins.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/ReverseProxy.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Roles.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/Selector.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Manual/WebServer.pod
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/AccessControl.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/AutoRemoveLeadingDir.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/Cgilike.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/EchoService.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/FlvStreaming.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/Highpri.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/Include.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/LazyCDN.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/MaxContentLength.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/NotModified.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/Palimg.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/Queues.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/Redirect.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/Stats.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/Throttle.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/Vhosts.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/Vpaths.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Plugin/XFFExtras.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Pool.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/ReproxyManager.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Service.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Socket.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/SocketSSL.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/TCPListener.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Test
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Test.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Test/WebClient.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Test/WebServer.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/UploadListener.pm
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Perlbal/Util.pm

References

Perlbal website

Summary

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