How To Install glite-lb-server on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install glite-lb-server on CentOS 7. glite-lb-server is gLite Logging and Bookkeeping server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install glite-lb-server on CentOS 7.

What is glite-lb-server

glite-lb-server is the gLite LB server. This package contains the LB server daemon (glite-lb-bkserverd) and a tool for rebuilding server indices (glite-lb-bkindex).

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

Install glite-lb-server on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install glite-lb-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install glite-lb-server

Install glite-lb-server 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 glite-lb-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install glite-lb-server

How To Uninstall glite-lb-server on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the glite-lb-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove glite-lb-server

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install glite-lb-server on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.