How To Install OpenIPMI on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI on Rocky Linux 8. OpenIPMI is IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) library and tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `OpenIPMI`

The Open IPMI project aims to develop an open code base to allow access to platform information using Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI). This package contains the tools of the OpenIPMI project.

We can use yum or dnf to install OpenIPMI on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install OpenIPMI.

Install OpenIPMI on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install OpenIPMI using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install OpenIPMI

Install OpenIPMI on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install OpenIPMI using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install OpenIPMI

How To Uninstall OpenIPMI on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove OpenIPMI

OpenIPMI Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/sysconfig/ipmi
/usr/bin/ipmi_ui
/usr/bin/ipmicmd
/usr/bin/ipmish
/usr/bin/openipmi_eventd
/usr/bin/openipmicmd
/usr/bin/openipmish
/usr/bin/rmcp_ping
/usr/bin/solterm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/06
/usr/lib/.build-id/06/20c4b936e734548a361ca6a149952e84ffbc89
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/1b6b47ad42302f0f439ac15a39a18f0db96951
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/1da645058a0aa4ebf62b1a626217e9d5b75810
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/39d75ca19d8ec49286e3ae317e57698f9b11f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/de68ccc32c4980aa9abecb56df4f381f1e59e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/639b73f1f94d9d99b025fc618e566f8ee809fa
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ipmi.service
/usr/libexec/openipmi-helper
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI/CONFIGURING_FOR_LAN
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI/README
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI/README.Force
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI/README.MotorolaMXP
/usr/share/licenses/OpenIPMI
/usr/share/licenses/OpenIPMI/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/OpenIPMI/COPYING.BSD
/usr/share/licenses/OpenIPMI/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmi_ui.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmicmd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmish.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/openipmi_eventd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/openipmicmd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/openipmish.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rmcp_ping.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/solterm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ipmi_cmdlang.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/openipmi_conparms.7.gz
/etc/sysconfig/ipmi
/usr/bin/ipmi_ui
/usr/bin/ipmicmd
/usr/bin/ipmish
/usr/bin/openipmi_eventd
/usr/bin/openipmicmd
/usr/bin/openipmish
/usr/bin/rmcp_ping
/usr/bin/solterm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/1cdffaa5cc226340a000f8dfc94529d89acdb5
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/e5bcdb4bb0285b3d33f2f811f10e86fd1acfd6
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/716529803be30b660c390bdcf21bc326502c86
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/3e999dae297a8a9a4f2f2513bb5ae22935e2d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/a4f471919f99535a84ca365b988bb29c423b22
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c6/36bb8a23cfcbf88ee41022dc5cb5afc0e78f02
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ipmi.service
/usr/libexec/openipmi-helper
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI/CONFIGURING_FOR_LAN
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI/README
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI/README.Force
/usr/share/doc/OpenIPMI/README.MotorolaMXP
/usr/share/licenses/OpenIPMI
/usr/share/licenses/OpenIPMI/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/OpenIPMI/COPYING.BSD
/usr/share/licenses/OpenIPMI/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmi_ui.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmicmd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/ipmish.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/openipmi_eventd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/openipmicmd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/openipmish.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rmcp_ping.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/solterm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ipmi_cmdlang.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/openipmi_conparms.7.gz

References

OpenIPMI website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install OpenIPMI on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.