How To Install ironic-neutron-agent on Debian 10

Learn how to install ironic-neutron-agent on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ironic-neutron-agent is OpenStack virtual network service - Ironic agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ironic-neutron-agent on Debian 10.

What is ironic-neutron-agent

ironic-neutron-agent is:

Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (such as vNICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities, including QoS, ACLs, and network monitoring.

This package provides the Ironic agent.

There are three methods to install ironic-neutron-agent 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 ironic-neutron-agent Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ironic-neutron-agent using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ironic-neutron-agent

Install ironic-neutron-agent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ironic-neutron-agent using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ironic-neutron-agent

Install ironic-neutron-agent 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 ironic-neutron-agent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ironic-neutron-agent

How To Uninstall ironic-neutron-agent on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ironic-neutron-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ironic-neutron-agent

Uninstall ironic-neutron-agent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ironic-neutron-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ironic-neutron-agent

Remove ironic-neutron-agent Configurations and Data

To remove ironic-neutron-agent configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ironic-neutron-agent

Remove ironic-neutron-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ironic-neutron-agent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ironic-neutron-agent

Dependencies

ironic-neutron-agent have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ironic-neutron-agent package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.