Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-virtualization-host on CentOS 8.
What is rhn-virtualization-host
This package contains code for RHN’s and Spacewalk’s Virtualization support that is specific to the Host system (a.k.a. Dom0).
We can use yum or dnf to install rhn-virtualization-host on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rhn-virtualization-host.
Install rhn-virtualization-host on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rhn-virtualization-host using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rhn-virtualization-host
Install rhn-virtualization-host on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install rhn-virtualization-host using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rhn-virtualization-host
How To Uninstall rhn-virtualization-host on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rhn-virtualization-host package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rhn-virtualization-host
rhn-virtualization-host Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/cron.d/rhn-virtualization.cron
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rhn-virtualization-host
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/image.cfg
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/studio-kvm-template.xml
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/studio-xen-template.xml
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/virt
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/virt/auto
/usr/share/doc/rhn-virtualization-host
/usr/share/doc/rhn-virtualization-host/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rhn-virtualization-host on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
