How To Install fence-virt on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fence-virt on Debian 11.
What is fence-virt
fence-virt is:
The fencing framework consists of the agent (fence_virt) and the host daemon (fence_virtd). The fence_virtd host daemon is responsible for processing fencing requests from fence_virt agents running in virtual machines and routing the requests to the appropriate physical machine for action.
This package contains the fence_virt agent to be used inside the virtual machine.
There are three methods to install fence-virt on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fence-virt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fence-virt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fence-virt
Install fence-virt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fence-virt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fence-virt
Install fence-virt 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 fence-virt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fence-virt
How To Uninstall fence-virt on Debian 11
To uninstall only the fence-virt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fence-virt
Uninstall fence-virt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fence-virt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fence-virt
Remove fence-virt Configurations and Data
To remove fence-virt configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fence-virt
Remove fence-virt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fence-virt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fence-virt
Dependencies
fence-virt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fence-virt package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
