How To Install drbd-pacemaker on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-pacemaker on Rocky Linux 8. drbd-pacemaker is Pacemaker resource agent for DRBD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-pacemaker on Rocky Linux 8.

What is drbd-pacemaker

This package contains the master/slave DRBD resource agent for the Pacemaker High Availability cluster manager.

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

Install drbd-pacemaker 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 drbd-pacemaker using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install drbd-pacemaker

Install drbd-pacemaker 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 drbd-pacemaker using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install drbd-pacemaker

How To Uninstall drbd-pacemaker on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the drbd-pacemaker package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove drbd-pacemaker

drbd-pacemaker Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/linbit/drbd
/usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/linbit/drbd-attr
/usr/lib/ocf/resource.d/linbit/drbd.shellfuncs.sh
/usr/share/man/man7/ocf_linbit_drbd-attr.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/ocf_linbit_drbd.7.gz

References

Summary

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