How To Install containernetworking-plugins on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install containernetworking-plugins
on Debian 12.
What is containernetworking-plugins
containernetworking-plugins is:
This package contains binaries of the Container Networking Initiative’s official plugins:
Interfaces
- bridge: Creates a bridge, adds the host and the container to it.
- ipvlan: Adds an ipvlan interface in the container.
- loopback: Set the state of loopback interface to up.
- macvlan: Creates a new MAC address, forwards all traffic to that to the container.
- ptp: Creates a veth pair.
- vlan: Allocates a vlan device.
- host-device: Move an already-existing device into a container.
IPAM: IP Address Management
- dhcp: Runs a daemon to make DHCP requests on behalf of the container.
- host-local: Maintains a local database of allocated IPs
- static: Allocates a static IPv4/IPv6 address.
Other
- tuning: Tweaks sysctl parameters of an existing interface
- portmap: An iptables-based portmapping plugin. Maps ports from the host’s address space to the container.
- bandwidth: Allows bandwidth-limiting through use of traffic control tbf.
- sbr: Configures source based routing for an interface.
- firewall: Uses iptables or firewalld to add rules to allow traffic to/from the container.
There are three methods to install containernetworking-plugins
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install containernetworking-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install containernetworking-plugins
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install containernetworking-plugins
Install containernetworking-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install containernetworking-plugins
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install containernetworking-plugins
Install containernetworking-plugins Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install containernetworking-plugins
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install containernetworking-plugins
How To Uninstall containernetworking-plugins on Debian 12
To uninstall only the containernetworking-plugins
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove containernetworking-plugins
Uninstall containernetworking-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall containernetworking-plugins
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove containernetworking-plugins
Remove containernetworking-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove containernetworking-plugins
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge containernetworking-plugins
Remove containernetworking-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove containernetworking-plugins
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge containernetworking-plugins
Dependencies
containernetworking-plugins have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install containernetworking-plugins
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.