How To Install isns-utils on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install isns-utils on CentOS 8.
What is isns-utils
The iSNS package contains the daemon and tools to setup a iSNS server, and iSNS client tools. The Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) protocol allows automated discovery, management and configuration of iSCSI and Fibre Channel devices (using iFCP gateways) on a TCP/IP network.
We can use yum or dnf to install isns-utils on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install isns-utils.
Install isns-utils on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install isns-utils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install isns-utils
Install isns-utils on CentOS 8 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 isns-utils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install isns-utils
How To Uninstall isns-utils on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the isns-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove isns-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install isns-utils on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.