How To Install sbd on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbd on CentOS 7. sbd is Storage-based death

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbd on CentOS 7.

What is sbd

This package contains the storage-based death functionality.

We can use yum or dnf to install sbd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sbd.

Install sbd on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install sbd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sbd

Install sbd 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 sbd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sbd

How To Uninstall sbd on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove sbd

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.