How To Install targetd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install targetd in Fedora 36. targetd is Service to make storage remotely configurable

Introduction

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

What is targetd

targetd turns the machine into a remotely-configurable storage appliance. It supports an HTTP/jsonrpc-2.0 interface to let a remote administrator allocate volumes from an LVM volume group, and export those volumes over iSCSI.

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

Install targetd 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 targetd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install targetd

Install targetd 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 targetd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install targetd

How To Uninstall targetd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove targetd

targetd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/target/targetd.yaml
/usr/bin/targetd
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd-0.10.0-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/block.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/block.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/fs.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/fs.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/main.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/main.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/mount.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/mount.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/nfs.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/nfs.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/utils.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/__pycache__/utils.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/__pycache__/btrfs.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/__pycache__/btrfs.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/__pycache__/lvm.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/__pycache__/lvm.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/__pycache__/zfs.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/__pycache__/zfs.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/btrfs.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/lvm.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/backends/zfs.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/block.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/fs.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/main.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/mount.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/nfs.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/targetd/utils.py
/usr/lib/systemd/system/targetd.service
/usr/share/doc/targetd
/usr/share/doc/targetd/API.md
/usr/share/doc/targetd/README.md
/usr/share/doc/targetd/client
/usr/share/licenses/targetd
/usr/share/licenses/targetd/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man5/targetd.yaml.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/targetd.8.gz

References

Summary

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