Information about the package, Pound, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The Pound package is designed for, Reverse proxy and load balancer.
Package Name:
Pound
Summary:
Reverse proxy and load balancer
Description:
The Pound program is a reverse proxy, load balancer and HTTPS front-end for Web server(s). Pound was developed to enable distributing the load among several Web-servers and to allow for a convenient SSL wrapper for those Web servers that do not offer it natively. Pound is distributed under the GPL - no warranty, it's free to use, copy and give away
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.6
Release:
2.el6.1
Size:
99 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3
Control the Pound package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install Pound
This command will install Pound on the server.
yum remove Pound
This command will un-install Pound on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove Pound, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove Pound
This command will un-install Pound 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 Pound when using the -y flag.
yum update Pound
This command will update Pound to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove Pound, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update Pound
This command will update Pound 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 Pound when using the -y flag.
yum info Pound
This command will show you core information about the Pound package.
yum deplist Pound
This command will show you the dependencies for Pound. 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 Pound
This command will check if there is an update waiting on Pound. 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.