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

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage on CentOS 7. libvirt-daemon-driver-storage is Storage driver plugin including all backends for the libvirtd

Introduction

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

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage

The storage driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing an implementation of the storage APIs using LVM, iSCSI, parted and more.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage

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Summary

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