How To Install dynafed on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dynafed on CentOS 7. dynafed is Ultra-scalable dynamic system for federating HTTP-based storage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dynafed on CentOS 7.

What is dynafed

The Dynafed project provides a dynamic, scalable HTTP resource federation mechanism for distributed storage systems. It supports backends exposing HTTP, WebDAV, S3, Azure as access protocols. In the S3 and Azure case it hides the secret keys and exploits pre-signed URLs. The default deployment style is accessible by any HTTP/Webdav compatible client. The core components can be used to design frontends based on other protocols.

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

Install dynafed on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install dynafed using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dynafed

Install dynafed 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 dynafed using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dynafed

How To Uninstall dynafed on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the dynafed package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dynafed

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Summary

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