How To Install lsyncd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsyncd on CentOS 7.
What is lsyncd
Lsyncd watches a local directory trees event monitor interface (inotify). It aggregates and combines events for a few seconds and then spawns one (or more) process(es) to synchronize the changes. By default this is rsync. Lsyncd is thus a light-weight live mirror solution that is comparatively easy to install not requiring new file systems or block devices and does not hamper local file system performance.
We can use yum or dnf to install lsyncd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lsyncd.
Install lsyncd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install lsyncd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lsyncd
Install lsyncd 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 lsyncd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lsyncd
How To Uninstall lsyncd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the lsyncd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lsyncd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsyncd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.