How To Install libvirt-lock-sanlock on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-lock-sanlock on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libvirt-lock-sanlock
Includes the Sanlock lock manager plugin for the QEMU driver
We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-lock-sanlock on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-lock-sanlock.
Install libvirt-lock-sanlock 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-lock-sanlock using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt-lock-sanlock
Install libvirt-lock-sanlock 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-lock-sanlock using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt-lock-sanlock
How To Uninstall libvirt-lock-sanlock on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libvirt-lock-sanlock package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt-lock-sanlock
libvirt-lock-sanlock Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/libvirt/qemu-sanlock.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/17a40aa235c2eaa3e9ec2d52c76a6ba89913e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/c6be2b856081cb36b2be60c6c6d3463079aafb
/usr/lib64/libvirt/lock-driver/sanlock.so
/usr/libexec/libvirt_sanlock_helper
/usr/sbin/virt-sanlock-cleanup
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/libvirt_sanlock.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_libvirt_sanlock.aug
/usr/share/man/man8/virt-sanlock-cleanup.8.gz
/var/lib/libvirt/sanlock
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-lock-sanlock on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.