How To Install lbd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lbd on Rocky Linux 8. lbd is A DNS/HTTP load balancing detector

Introduction

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

What is lbd

lbd (load balancing detector) detects if a given domain uses DNS and/or HTTP Load-Balancing (via Server

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

Install lbd 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 lbd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lbd

Install lbd 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 lbd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lbd

How To Uninstall lbd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lbd

lbd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/lbd

References

Summary

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