How To Install fence-virtd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fence-virtd on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fence-virtd
fence-virtd 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_virtd daemon to be used on the physical host.
There are three methods to install fence-virtd on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-virtd 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-virtd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fence-virtd
Install fence-virtd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fence-virtd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fence-virtd
Install fence-virtd 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fence-virtd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fence-virtd
How To Uninstall fence-virtd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fence-virtd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fence-virtd
Uninstall fence-virtd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fence-virtd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fence-virtd
Remove fence-virtd Configurations and Data
To remove fence-virtd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fence-virtd
Remove fence-virtd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fence-virtd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fence-virtd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fence-virtd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
