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piranha


Information about the package, piranha, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The piranha package is designed for, Cluster administation tools.


Package Name:

piranha

Summary:

Cluster administation tools

Description:

Various tools to administer and configure the Linux Virtual Server as well as heartbeating and failover components. The LVS is a dynamically adjusted kernel routing mechanism that provides load balancing primarily for web and ftp servers though other services are supported.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.8.6

Release:

7.el6

Size:

624 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for piranha


Control the piranha package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install piranha

This command will install piranha on the server.

yum remove piranha

This command will un-install piranha on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove piranha, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove piranha

This command will un-install piranha on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove piranha when using the -y flag.

yum update piranha

This command will update piranha to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove piranha, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update piranha

This command will update piranha to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove piranha when using the -y flag.

yum info piranha

This command will show you core information about the piranha package.

yum deplist piranha

This command will show you the dependencies for piranha. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update piranha

This command will check if there is an update waiting on piranha. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.