How To Install targetd on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install targetd on CentOS 7. targetd is Service to make storage remotely configurable

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

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Summary

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