How To Install powerman on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install powerman on Rocky Linux 8. powerman is Centralized power control for clusters

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install powerman on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `powerman`

PowerMan is a tool for manipulating remote power control (RPC) devices from a central location. Several RPC varieties are supported natively by PowerMan and Expect-like configurability simplifies the addition of new devices.

We can use yum or dnf to install powerman on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install powerman.

Install powerman 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 powerman using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install powerman

Install powerman 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 powerman using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install powerman

How To Uninstall powerman on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the powerman package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove powerman

powerman Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/powerman
/etc/powerman/apc-snmp.dev
/etc/powerman/apc.dev
/etc/powerman/apc7900.dev
/etc/powerman/apc7900v3.dev
/etc/powerman/apc7920.dev
/etc/powerman/apc8941.dev
/etc/powerman/apcnew.dev
/etc/powerman/apcold.dev
/etc/powerman/apcpdu.dev
/etc/powerman/apcpdu3.dev
/etc/powerman/appro-gb2.dev
/etc/powerman/appro-greenblade.dev
/etc/powerman/bashfun.dev
/etc/powerman/baytech-rpc18d-nc.dev
/etc/powerman/baytech-rpc22.dev
/etc/powerman/baytech-rpc28-nc.dev
/etc/powerman/baytech-rpc3-nc.dev
/etc/powerman/baytech-snmp.dev
/etc/powerman/baytech.dev
/etc/powerman/cb-7050.dev
/etc/powerman/cyclades-pm10.dev
/etc/powerman/cyclades-pm20.dev
/etc/powerman/cyclades-pm42.dev
/etc/powerman/cyclades-pm8.dev
/etc/powerman/dli.dev
/etc/powerman/dli4.dev
/etc/powerman/eaton-epdu-blue-switched.dev
/etc/powerman/eaton-revelation-snmp.dev
/etc/powerman/hp3488.dev
/etc/powerman/hpilo.dev
/etc/powerman/hpmp.dev
/etc/powerman/hpmpblade.dev
/etc/powerman/hpmpcell.dev
/etc/powerman/hpmpdome.dev
/etc/powerman/ibmbladecenter.dev
/etc/powerman/icebox.dev
/etc/powerman/icebox3.dev
/etc/powerman/ics8064.dev
/etc/powerman/ilom.dev
/etc/powerman/ipmi.dev
/etc/powerman/ipmipower-serial.dev
/etc/powerman/ipmipower.dev
/etc/powerman/kvm-ssh.dev
/etc/powerman/kvm.dev
/etc/powerman/lom.dev
/etc/powerman/openbmc.dev
/etc/powerman/phantom.dev
/etc/powerman/plmpower.dev
/etc/powerman/powerman.conf.example
/etc/powerman/powerman.dev
/etc/powerman/rancid-cisco-poe.dev
/etc/powerman/raritan-px4316.dev
/etc/powerman/raritan-px5523.dev
/etc/powerman/sentry_cdu.dev
/etc/powerman/swpdu.dev
/etc/powerman/vpc.dev
/etc/powerman/wti-rps10.dev
/etc/powerman/wti.dev
/usr/bin/pm
/usr/bin/powerman
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/68a4cb4bba6072add67378017d1adf101e46ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/06c718e97141778b859f005a93e1502e3f78ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/52
/usr/lib/.build-id/52/1ba3beb99fd94247622c3a82b0cd8d750858da
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/3f5039e1d363a2a0a1239b76c72efc0345ebee
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/e070e7838699ad521234d7d1ecec8d147de958
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/734ded097bdf1e76119d2562a09046f141ffa3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/4ab187ce590d838c9efbf0aaa52e4153adb21c
/usr/lib/systemd/system/powerman.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/powerman.conf
/usr/lib64/libpowerman.so.0
/usr/lib64/libpowerman.so.0.0.0
/usr/lib64/stonith/plugins
/usr/lib64/stonith/plugins/external
/usr/lib64/stonith/plugins/external/powerman
/usr/sbin/httppower
/usr/sbin/plmpower
/usr/sbin/powermand
/usr/sbin/snmppower
/usr/sbin/vpcd
/usr/share/doc/powerman
/usr/share/doc/powerman/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/powerman/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/powerman/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/powerman
/usr/share/licenses/powerman/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/powerman/DISCLAIMER
/usr/share/man/man1/pm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/powerman.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/libpowerman.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/powerman.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/powerman.dev.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/httppower.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/plmpower.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/powermand.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vpcd.8.gz
/var/run/powerman

References

powerman website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install powerman on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.