How To Install corosync-vqsim on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-vqsim on CentOS 8.
What is corosync-vqsim
A command-line simulator for the corosync votequorum subsystem. It uses the same code as the corosync quorum system but forks them into subprocesses to simulate nodes. Nodes can be added and removed as well as partitioned (to simulate network splits)
We can use yum or dnf to install corosync-vqsim on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install corosync-vqsim.
Install corosync-vqsim on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install corosync-vqsim using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install corosync-vqsim
Install corosync-vqsim on CentOS 8 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-vqsim using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install corosync-vqsim
How To Uninstall corosync-vqsim on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the corosync-vqsim package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove corosync-vqsim
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install corosync-vqsim on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.