How to install grpc on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux & RHEL
Modern, open source, high-performance remote procedure call (RPC) framework
Availability
| Distro | aarch64 | noarch | x86_64 | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 10 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 9 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 8 | — | — | ✓ | 1.17.1 |
| RHEL 7 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 6 | — | — | — |
Description
gRPC is a modern open source high performance RPC framework that can run in any environment. It can efficiently connect services in and across data centers with pluggable support for load balancing, tracing, health checking and authentication. It is also applicable in last mile of distributed computing to connect devices, mobile applications and browsers to backend services. The main usage scenarios: * Efficiently connecting polyglot services in microservices style architecture * Connecting mobile devices, browser clients to backend services * Generating efficient client libraries Core Features that make it awesome: * Idiomatic client libraries in 10 languages * Highly efficient on wire and with a simple service definition framework * Bi-directional streaming with http/2 based transport * Pluggable auth, tracing, load balancing and health checking
Compatible with all RHEL-based distributions, including CentOS, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, etc.
Install
grpc on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / Oracle Linux / RHEL 8
sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm sudo dnf -y install grpc
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Subscribe — from $10/moFrequently asked questions
How do I install grpc on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux or RHEL?
Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then run: sudo dnf -y install grpc (use yum on EL7). The same package works on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, CentOS Stream and RHEL.
Which Enterprise Linux versions is grpc available for?
grpc is available for RHEL 8 and the matching AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux releases.
Is grpc compatible with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream?
Yes. The RPM is built for Enterprise Linux and is binary-compatible across all RHEL rebuilds of the same major version, including AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream.