How To Install drbd-udev on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-udev on CentOS 7. drbd-udev is udev integration scripts for DRBD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-udev on CentOS 7.

What is drbd-udev

This package contains udev helper scripts for DRBD, managing symlinks to DRBD devices in /dev/drbd/by-res and /dev/drbd/by-disk.

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

Install drbd-udev on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install drbd-udev

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

sudo dnf -y install drbd-udev

How To Uninstall drbd-udev on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove drbd-udev

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Summary

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