How To Install hiera on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install hiera on Rocky Linux 8. hiera is A simple hierarchical database supporting plugin data sources

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hiera on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `hiera`

A simple hierarchical database supporting plugin data sources.

We can use yum or dnf to install hiera on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hiera.

Install hiera on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install hiera

Install hiera on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install hiera

How To Uninstall hiera on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove hiera

hiera Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/hiera
/usr/share/doc/hiera
/usr/share/doc/hiera/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/hiera/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/hiera/README.md
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/backend
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/backend.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/backend/json_backend.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/backend/yaml_backend.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/config.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/console_logger.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/error.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/fallback_logger.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/filecache.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/interpolate.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/noop_logger.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/puppet_logger.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/recursive_guard.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/util
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/util.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/util/win32.rb
/usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/hiera/version.rb
/var/lib/hiera

References

hiera website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hiera on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.