How To Install iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 is Userspace configuration daemon required for some iSCSI hardware

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64

The iscsiuio configuration daemon provides network configuration help for some iSCSI offload hardware.

We can use yum to install iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64.

Install iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64

How To Uninstall iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64

iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/logrotate.d/iscsiuiolog
/usr/lib/systemd/system/iscsiuio.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/iscsiuio.socket
/usr/sbin/iscsiuio
/usr/share/man/man8/iscsiuio.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.