How To Install corosync-qdevice on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-qdevice on CentOS 7. corosync-qdevice is The Corosync Cluster Engine Qdevice

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-qdevice on CentOS 7.

What is corosync-qdevice

This package contains the Corosync Cluster Engine Qdevice, script for creating NSS certificates and an init script.

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

Install corosync-qdevice on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install corosync-qdevice using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install corosync-qdevice

Install corosync-qdevice 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 corosync-qdevice using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install corosync-qdevice

How To Uninstall corosync-qdevice on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the corosync-qdevice package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove corosync-qdevice

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-qdevice on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.