How To Install testcloud on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install testcloud on CentOS 8. testcloud is Tool for running cloud images locally

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install testcloud on CentOS 8.

What is testcloud

testcloud is a relatively simple system which is capable of booting images designed for cloud systems on a local system with minimal configuration. testcloud is designed to be (and remain) somewhat simple, trading fancy cloud system features for ease of use and sanity in development.

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

Install testcloud on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install testcloud

Install testcloud 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 testcloud using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install testcloud

How To Uninstall testcloud on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove testcloud

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install testcloud on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.