How To Install netconsole-service on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netconsole-service on CentOS 8.
What is netconsole-service
This packages provides a ’netconsole’ service for loading of netconsole kernel module with the configured parameters. The netconsole kernel module itself then allows logging of kernel messages over the network.
We can use yum or dnf to install netconsole-service on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install netconsole-service.
Install netconsole-service on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install netconsole-service using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install netconsole-service
Install netconsole-service on CentOS 8 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 netconsole-service using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install netconsole-service
How To Uninstall netconsole-service on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the netconsole-service package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove netconsole-service
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netconsole-service on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.