Blockbridge tools enable you to orchestrate all aspects of storage management from the comfort of the console. Use them for manual workflows or full-stack automation.

On this page, you’ll find essential information related to:

Supported distributions
Feature compatibility
Software repositories
Software signing keys and verification

Tip: The tools on this page are compatible with Blockbridge Storage Software Version 6.

FEATURE COMPATIBILITY

iSCSI/TCP

Distro	Kernel Version	iSCSI/TCP	iSCSI/TCP TLS	iSCSI/TCP DM-Multipath
AlmaLinux 8	4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9	y	y	y
AlmaLinux 9	5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3	y	y	y
CentOS 7	3.10.0-1160.el7	y	y	y
Debian 10 (Buster)	4.19.0-26	y	y	y
Debian 11 (Bullseye)	5.10.0-28	y	y	y
Debian 12 (Bookworm)	6.1.0-18	y	y	y
Rocky Linux 8	4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9	y	y	y
Rocky Linux 9	5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3	y	y	y
Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)	4.15.0-212	y	y	y
Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)	5.4.0-150 (HWE)	y	y	y
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)	5.4.0-1110	y	y	y
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)	5.15.0-107 (HWE)	y	y	y
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)	5.15.0-102	y	y	y
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)	6.5.0-35 (HWE)	y	y	y
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)	6.8.0-31	y	y	y

NVMe/TCP

Distro	Kernel Version	NVME/TCP	NVMe/TCP DM-Multipath	NVMe/TCP Native-Multipath
AlmaLinux 8	4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9	n (< 5.14)	n/a	n/a
AlmaLinux 9	5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3	y	y	y
CentOS 7	3.10.0-1160.el7	n	n	n
Debian 10 (Buster)	4.19.0-26	n (< 5.14)	n/a	n/a
Debian 11 (Bullseye)	5.10.0-28	n (< 5.14)	n/a	n/a
Debian 12 (Bookworm)	6.1.0-18	y	y	y
Rocky Linux 8	4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9	n (< 5.14)	n/a	n/a
Rocky Linux 9	5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3	y	y	y
Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)	4.15.0-212	n (< 5.14)	n/a	n/a
Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)	5.4.0-150 (HWE)	n (< 5.14)	n/a	n/a
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)	5.4.0-1110	n (< 5.14)	n/a	n/a
Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)	5.15.0-107 (HWE)	y	y	y
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)	5.15.0-102	y	y	y
Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)	6.5.0-35 (HWE)	y	y	y
Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)	6.8.0-31	y	y	y

Warning: We recommend kernels 5.14 and newer for NVMe/TCP deployments

REPOSITORY INFORMATION

AlmaLinux 8

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
4.18.0-513.5.1.el8	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge tools repository.

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo \
  https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/almalinux/blockbridge-tools.repo

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo dnf install blockbridge-cli

Software Signing Key Verification

If prompted, verify the signing key fingerprint.

 Userid     : "Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>"
 Fingerprint: 9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5 E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
 From       : https://get.blockbridge.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-Blockbridge

AlmaLinux 9

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge tools repository.

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo \
  https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/almalinux/blockbridge-tools.repo

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo dnf install blockbridge-cli

Software Signing Key Verification

If prompted, verify the signing key fingerprint.

 Userid     : "Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>"
 Fingerprint: 9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5 E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
 From       : https://get.blockbridge.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-Blockbridge

CentOS 7

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
3.10.0-1160.105.1.el7	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge tools repository.

sudo yum install -y yum-utils
sudo yum-config-manager \
  --add-repo=https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/centos/blockbridge-tools.repo

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo yum install blockbridge-cli

Software Signing Key Verification

If prompted, verify the signing key fingerprint.

 Userid     : "Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>"
 Fingerprint: 9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5 E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
 From       : https://get.blockbridge.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-Blockbridge

Debian 10 (Buster)

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
4.19.0-20	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗

Software Signing Key Installation

Install the Blockbridge release signing key.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/debian/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

Verify the key fingerprint.

gpg --show-keys --fingerprint /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

pub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [SC]
      9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5  E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
uid                      Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>
sub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [E]

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge Tools repository definition.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/debian/blockbridge-buster.sources | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/blockbridge-tools.sources

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo sh -c "apt update && apt install -y blockbridge-cli"

Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
5.10.0-8	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗

Software Signing Key Installation

Install the Blockbridge release signing key.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/debian/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

Verify the key fingerprint.

gpg --show-keys --fingerprint /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

pub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [SC]
      9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5  E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
uid                      Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>
sub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [E]

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge Tools repository definition.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/debian/blockbridge-bullseye.sources | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/blockbridge-tools.sources

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo sh -c "apt update && apt install -y blockbridge-cli"

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
6.1.0-17	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Software Signing Key Installation

Install the Blockbridge release signing key.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/debian/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

Verify the key fingerprint.

gpg --show-keys --fingerprint /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

pub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [SC]
      9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5  E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
uid                      Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>
sub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [E]

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge Tools repository definition.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/debian/blockbridge-bookworm.sources | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/blockbridge-tools.sources

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo sh -c "apt update && apt install -y blockbridge-cli"

Rocky Linux 8

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge tools repository.

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo \
  https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/rocky/blockbridge-tools.repo

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo dnf install blockbridge-cli

Software Signing Key Verification

If prompted, verify the signing key fingerprint.

 Userid     : "Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>"
 Fingerprint: 9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5 E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
 From       : https://get.blockbridge.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-Blockbridge

Rocky Linux 9

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
5.14.0-427.13.1.el9_4	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge tools repository.

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo \
  https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/rocky/blockbridge-tools.repo

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo dnf install blockbridge-cli

Software Signing Key Verification

If prompted, verify the signing key fingerprint.

 Userid     : "Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>"
 Fingerprint: 9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5 E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
 From       : https://get.blockbridge.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-Blockbridge

Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
4.15.0-135-generic	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
5.4.0-150-generic (HWE)	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗

Software Signing Key Installation

Install the Blockbridge release signing key.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/ubuntu/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

Verify the key fingerprint.

gpg --fingerprint --import-options show-only --import \
  /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

pub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [SC]
      9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5  E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
uid                      Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>
sub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [E]

gpg: Total number processed: 1

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge Tools repository definition.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/ubuntu/blockbridge-bionic.sources | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/blockbridge-tools.sources

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo sh -c "apt update && apt install -y blockbridge-cli"

Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
5.4.0-81-generic	✓	✓	✓	✗	✗	✗
5.15.0-107-generic (HWE)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Software Signing Key Installation

Install the Blockbridge release signing key.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/ubuntu/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

Verify the key fingerprint.

gpg --fingerprint --import-options show-only --import \
  /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

pub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [SC]
      9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5  E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
uid                      Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>
sub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [E]

gpg: Total number processed: 1

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge Tools repository definition.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/ubuntu/blockbridge-focal.sources | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/blockbridge-tools.sources

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo sh -c "apt update && apt install -y blockbridge-cli"

Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
5.15.0-33-generic	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
6.5.0-35-generic (HWE)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Software Signing Key Installation

Install the Blockbridge release signing key.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/ubuntu/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

Verify the key fingerprint.

gpg --show-keys --fingerprint /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

pub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [SC]
      9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5  E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
uid                      Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>
sub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [E]

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge Tools repository definition.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/ubuntu/blockbridge-jammy.sources | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/blockbridge-tools.sources

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo sh -c "apt update && apt install -y blockbridge-cli"

Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)

Feature Compatabilty

Kernel	iSCSI	iSCSI dm-multipath	iSCSI/TLS	NVMe/TCP	NVMe/TCP dm-multipath	NVMe/TCP nvme-multipath
6.8.0-31-generic	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

Software Signing Key Installation

Install the Blockbridge release signing key.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/ubuntu/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

Verify the key fingerprint.

gpg --show-keys --fingerprint /usr/share/keyrings/blockbridge-archive-keyring.gpg

pub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [SC]
      9C1D E2AE 5970 CFD4 ADC5  E0BA DDDE 845D 7ECF 5373
uid                      Blockbridge (Official Signing Key) <security@blockbridge.com>
sub   rsa4096 2016-11-01 [E]

Repository Configuration

Add the Blockbridge Tools repository definition.

curl -fsSL https://get.blockbridge.com/tools/6.0/ubuntu/blockbridge-noble.sources | \
  sudo install -o root -g root -m 644 /dev/stdin \
  /etc/apt/sources.list.d/blockbridge-tools.sources

Package Installation

Install the Blockbridge CLI package.

sudo sh -c "apt update && apt install -y blockbridge-cli"

Blockbridge 6 Tools

FEATURE COMPATIBILITY

iSCSI/TCP

NVMe/TCP

REPOSITORY INFORMATION

AlmaLinux 8

Feature Compatabilty

Repository Configuration

Package Installation

Software Signing Key Verification

AlmaLinux 9

Feature Compatabilty

Repository Configuration

Package Installation

Software Signing Key Verification

CentOS 7

Feature Compatabilty

Repository Configuration

Package Installation

Software Signing Key Verification

Debian 10 (Buster)

Feature Compatabilty

Software Signing Key Installation

Repository Configuration

Package Installation

Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Feature Compatabilty

Software Signing Key Installation

Repository Configuration

Package Installation

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Feature Compatabilty

Software Signing Key Installation

Repository Configuration

Package Installation

Rocky Linux 8

Feature Compatabilty

Repository Configuration

Package Installation

Software Signing Key Verification

Rocky Linux 9

Feature Compatabilty

Repository Configuration

Package Installation

Software Signing Key Verification

Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic)

Feature Compatabilty

Software Signing Key Installation

Repository Configuration

Package Installation

Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal)

Feature Compatabilty

Software Signing Key Installation

Repository Configuration

Package Installation

Ubuntu 22.04 (Jammy)

Feature Compatabilty

Software Signing Key Installation

Repository Configuration

Package Installation

Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble)

Feature Compatabilty

Software Signing Key Installation

Repository Configuration

Package Installation