Information about the package, pen, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pen package is designed for, Load balancer for "simple" tcp based protocols such as http or.
Package Name:
pen
Summary:
Load balancer for "simple" tcp based protocols such as http or
URL:
Description:
pen is a load balancer for "simple" tcp based protocols such as http or smtp. It allows several servers to appear as one to the outside and automatically detects servers that are down and distributes clients among the available servers. This gives high availability and scalable performance.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.25.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
72 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the pen package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pen
This command will install pen on the server.
yum remove pen
This command will un-install pen on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pen, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pen
This command will un-install pen 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 pen when using the -y flag.
yum update pen
This command will update pen to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pen, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pen
This command will update pen 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 pen when using the -y flag.
yum info pen
This command will show you core information about the pen package.
yum deplist pen
This command will show you the dependencies for pen. 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 pen
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pen. 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.