How To Install rbd-nbd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rbd-nbd in Fedora 36. rbd-nbd is Ceph RBD client base on NBD

Introduction

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

What is `rbd-nbd`

NBD based client to map Ceph rbd images to local device

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rbd-nbd

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

sudo yum -y install rbd-nbd

How To Uninstall rbd-nbd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rbd-nbd

rbd-nbd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rbd-nbd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/f23ec8d68157e0bad542514a72e447d9e38d4c
/usr/libexec/rbd-nbd
/usr/libexec/rbd-nbd/rbd-nbd_quiesce
/usr/share/man/man8/rbd-nbd.8.gz

References

rbd-nbd website

Summary

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