How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter on CentOS 7. libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter is Nwfilter driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter on CentOS 7.

What is `libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter`

The nwfilter driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing an implementation of the firewall APIs using the ebtables, iptables and ip6tables capabilities

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

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter

References

libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.