How To Install manila-scheduler on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-scheduler on Kali Linux.

What is manila-scheduler

manila-scheduler is:

Manila is an OpenStack project to provide Shared Filesystems as a service. It provides coordinated access to shared or distributed file systems. While the primary consumption of file shares would be across OpenStack Compute instances, the service is also intended to be accessible as an independent capability in line with the modular design established by other OpenStack services. Manila is extensible for multiple backends (to support vendor or file system specific nuances / capabilities) and accommodates any of a variety of shared or distributed file system types.

This package contains the Manila Scheduler server.

There are three methods to install manila-scheduler on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install manila-scheduler Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install manila-scheduler using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install manila-scheduler

Install manila-scheduler Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install manila-scheduler using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install manila-scheduler

Install manila-scheduler Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install manila-scheduler using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install manila-scheduler

How To Uninstall manila-scheduler on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the manila-scheduler package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove manila-scheduler

Uninstall manila-scheduler And Its Dependencies

To uninstall manila-scheduler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove manila-scheduler

Remove manila-scheduler Configurations and Data

To remove manila-scheduler configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge manila-scheduler

Remove manila-scheduler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove manila-scheduler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge manila-scheduler

Dependencies

manila-scheduler have the following dependencies:

• manila-common

References

• manila-scheduler website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install manila-scheduler package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.