How To Install docker-lvm-plugin on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install docker-lvm-plugin on CentOS 7.
What is docker-lvm-plugin
Docker Volume Driver for lvm volumes. This plugin can be used to create lvm volumes of specified size, which can then be bind mounted into the container using
docker runcommand.
We can use yum or dnf to install docker-lvm-plugin on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install docker-lvm-plugin.
Install docker-lvm-plugin on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install docker-lvm-plugin using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install docker-lvm-plugin
Install docker-lvm-plugin 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 docker-lvm-plugin using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install docker-lvm-plugin
How To Uninstall docker-lvm-plugin on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the docker-lvm-plugin package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove docker-lvm-plugin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install docker-lvm-plugin on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
