How To Install tcmu-runner on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcmu-runner in Fedora 36. tcmu-runner is A daemon that supports LIO userspace backends

Introduction

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

What is tcmu-runner

A daemon that handles the complexity of the LIO kernel target’s userspace passthrough interface (TCMU). It presents a C plugin API for extension modules that handle SCSI requests in ways not possible or suitable to be handled by LIO’s in-kernel backstores.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install tcmu-runner

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

sudo yum -y install tcmu-runner

How To Uninstall tcmu-runner on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove tcmu-runner

tcmu-runner Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/tcmu-runner.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/tcmu-runner
/etc/tcmu
/etc/tcmu/tcmu.conf
/usr/bin/tcmu-runner
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/3635ef6ac89354946348ca07a510d6ed14879c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/e81108c11c54940c43b27087718d670500b7af
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/80f75643d16f4b40248f312b66901626e72442
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/572cb561a599418d6ce0315d55557bae2fdc39
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/029a8ea140bbd613bc91ac8dae61cebd6ec560
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/0b0188f8f4d9a799cd3b7756309a307299655e
/usr/lib/systemd/system/tcmu-runner.service
/usr/lib64/tcmu-runner
/usr/lib64/tcmu-runner/handler_file_optical.so
/usr/lib64/tcmu-runner/handler_file_zbc.so
/usr/lib64/tcmu-runner/handler_glfs.so
/usr/lib64/tcmu-runner/handler_qcow.so
/usr/lib64/tcmu-runner/handler_rbd.so
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.kernel.TCMUService1.service
/usr/share/doc/tcmu-runner
/usr/share/doc/tcmu-runner/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/tcmu-runner
/usr/share/licenses/tcmu-runner/LICENSE.Apache2
/usr/share/licenses/tcmu-runner/LICENSE.LGPLv2.1
/usr/share/man/man8/tcmu-runner.8.gz

References

Summary

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