How To Install targetd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install targetd on CentOS 7.
What is targetd
targetd turns the machine into a remotely-configurable storage appliance. It supports an HTTP/jsonrpc-2.0 interface to let a remote administrator allocate volumes from an LVM volume group, and export those volumes over iSCSI.
We can use yum or dnf to install targetd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install targetd.
Install targetd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install targetd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install targetd
Install targetd 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 targetd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install targetd
How To Uninstall targetd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the targetd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove targetd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install targetd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.