How To Install globus-net-manager on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-net-manager on CentOS 7.
What is globus-net-manager
The Grid Community Toolkit (GCT) is an open source software toolkit used for building grid systems and applications. It is a fork of the Globus Toolkit originally created by the Globus Alliance. It is supported by the Grid Community Forum (GridCF) that provides community-based support for core software packages in grid computing. The globus-net-manager package contains Network Manager Library The Globus Neteork Manager Library is a plug-in point for network management tasks, such as - selectively open ports in a firewall and allow these ports to be closed when transfers are complete - configure a virtual circuit based on a site policy and route traffic over this circuit - route network traffic related to a task over a particular network
We can use yum or dnf to install globus-net-manager on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install globus-net-manager.
Install globus-net-manager on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install globus-net-manager using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install globus-net-manager
Install globus-net-manager 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 globus-net-manager using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install globus-net-manager
How To Uninstall globus-net-manager on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the globus-net-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove globus-net-manager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-net-manager on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
