How To Install container-storage-setup on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install container-storage-setup on CentOS 7. container-storage-setup is A simple service to setup container storage devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install container-storage-setup on CentOS 7.

What is container-storage-setup

This is a simple service to configure Container Runtimes to use an LVM-managed thin pool. It also supports auto-growing both the pool as well as the root logical volume and partition table.

We can use yum or dnf to install container-storage-setup on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install container-storage-setup.

Install container-storage-setup on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install container-storage-setup using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install container-storage-setup

Install container-storage-setup on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install container-storage-setup using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install container-storage-setup

How To Uninstall container-storage-setup on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the container-storage-setup package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove container-storage-setup

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install container-storage-setup on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.