How To Install drbd-utils on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-utils on AlmaLinux 8.
What is drbd-utils
DRBD mirrors a block device over the network to another machine. Think of it as networked raid 1. It is a building block for setting up high availability (HA) clusters. This packages includes the DRBD administration tools.
We can use yum or dnf to install drbd-utils on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install drbd-utils.
Install drbd-utils on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install drbd-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install drbd-utils
Install drbd-utils on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install drbd-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install drbd-utils
How To Uninstall drbd-utils on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the drbd-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove drbd-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-utils on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.