How To Install podman-plugins on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install podman-plugins on CentOS 8.
What is podman-plugins
This plugin sets up the use of dnsmasq on a given CNI network so that Pods can resolve each other by name. When configured, the pod and its IP address are added to a network specific hosts file that dnsmasq will read in. Similarly, when a pod is removed from the network, it will remove the entry from the hosts file. Each CNI network will have its own dnsmasq instance.
We can use yum or dnf to install podman-plugins on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install podman-plugins.
Install podman-plugins on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install podman-plugins using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install podman-plugins
Install podman-plugins 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 podman-plugins using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install podman-plugins
How To Uninstall podman-plugins on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the podman-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove podman-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install podman-plugins on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.