How to Install Doozerd on Clear Linux Latest

Doozerd is a highly available data store that is designed to provide distributed locking and leader election functionality. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Doozerd on Clear Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation process, we need to ensure the following prerequisites:

Step 1 - Installing Doozerd

Doozerd is available in the Clear Linux Latest repository. Therefore, we can use the package manager dnf to install it.

  1. Open a terminal window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T.
  2. Update the package lists by running the following command:
sudo dnf update
  1. Install doozerd package by running the following command:
sudo dnf install doozerd

The package manager will download and install the doozerd package along with its dependencies.

Step 2 - Starting the Doozerd Service

Once the doozerd package is installed, we can start the Doozerd service by running the following command:

sudo systemctl start doozerd.service

This command will start the doozerd service, and it will be ready to use.

Step 3 - Enabling the Doozerd Service at Boot

If we want the Doozerd service to be started automatically at boot, we can enable it by running the following command:

sudo systemctl enable doozerd.service

Step 4 - Testing the Doozerd Service

We can test the Doozerd service by running the following command:

doozerd -l debug

This command will run the Doozerd service in the foreground at the debug log level. It also displays the configuration values used by the service.

The service should start without any errors. We can test it by connecting to it with a Doozer client library.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we learned how to install Doozerd on Clear Linux Latest. We used the package manager dnf to install the package, started the service, and tested it by running it in the foreground.

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