How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter on Rocky Linux 8. 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 Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. 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 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter using dnf by running the following command:

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

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

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

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter

libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/libvirt/nwfilter
/etc/libvirt/virtnwfilterd.conf
/run/libvirt/network
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/9ddb0f767e81e63a12255cb9ac2334c19ede50
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/caf41fa9502bc720ea73b969fb2239fc10249d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnwfilterd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnwfilterd-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnwfilterd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnwfilterd.socket
/usr/lib64/libvirt/connection-driver/libvirt_driver_nwfilter.so
/usr/sbin/virtnwfilterd
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtnwfilterd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtnwfilterd.aug

References

libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.