How To Install google-compute-engine-oslogin on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-compute-engine-oslogin on Debian 10.
What is google-compute-engine-oslogin
google-compute-engine-oslogin is:
Contains applications and configurations for using OS Login on Google Compute Engine Virtual Machine Instances.
It is composed by:
- Authorized Keys Command to fetch SSH keys from the user’s OS Login profile and make them available to sshd.
- NSS Module to provide support for making OS Login user and group information available to the system, using NSS (Name Service Switch) functionality.
- PAM Module to provide authorization and authentication support allowing the system to use data stored in Google Cloud IAM permissions to control both, the ability to log into an instance, and to perform operations as root (sudo).
There are three methods to install google-compute-engine-oslogin on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install google-compute-engine-oslogin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install google-compute-engine-oslogin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install google-compute-engine-oslogin
Install google-compute-engine-oslogin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install google-compute-engine-oslogin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install google-compute-engine-oslogin
Install google-compute-engine-oslogin 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 google-compute-engine-oslogin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install google-compute-engine-oslogin
How To Uninstall google-compute-engine-oslogin on Debian 10
To uninstall only the google-compute-engine-oslogin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove google-compute-engine-oslogin
Uninstall google-compute-engine-oslogin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall google-compute-engine-oslogin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove google-compute-engine-oslogin
Remove google-compute-engine-oslogin Configurations and Data
To remove google-compute-engine-oslogin configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge google-compute-engine-oslogin
Remove google-compute-engine-oslogin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove google-compute-engine-oslogin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge google-compute-engine-oslogin
Dependencies
google-compute-engine-oslogin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-compute-engine-oslogin package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
