How To Install neutron-plugin-ml2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-plugin-ml2 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is neutron-plugin-ml2
neutron-plugin-ml2 is:
Neutron is a virtual network service for Openstack, and a part of Netstack. Just like OpenStack Nova provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual servers, Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (e.g., virtual NICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities (e.g., QoS, ACLs, network monitoring, etc.)
This package provides the Modular Layer 2 plugin.
Package: neutron-plugin-ml2 Architecture: all Version: 2:16.0.0~b3~git2020041516.5f42488a9a-0ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: net Source: neutron Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Chuck Short [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 29 Provides: neutron-plugin Depends: python3-neutron (= 2:16.0.0~b3~git2020041516.5f42488a9a-0ubuntu2) Filename: pool/main/n/neutron/neutron-plugin-ml2_16.0.0~b3~git2020041516.5f42488a9a-0ubuntu2_all.deb Size: 2084 MD5sum: 25712708eebaf450fb8a20574dc0b5c8 SHA1: 830a58f352d0d2f1d0f2464049e063082762d6f6 SHA256: dfb41a645a98dc720e93343a554cb906d0560b9f934b8dca3065bbf05a43b5db Homepage: https://docs.openstack.org/neutron Description-en: Neutron is a virtual network service for Openstack - ML2 plugin Neutron is a virtual network service for Openstack, and a part of Netstack. Just like OpenStack Nova provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual servers, Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (e.g., virtual NICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities (e.g., QoS, ACLs, network monitoring, etc.)
This package provides the Modular Layer 2 plugin.
There are three methods to install neutron-plugin-ml2 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 neutron-plugin-ml2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install neutron-plugin-ml2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install neutron-plugin-ml2
Install neutron-plugin-ml2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install neutron-plugin-ml2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install neutron-plugin-ml2
Install neutron-plugin-ml2 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 neutron-plugin-ml2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install neutron-plugin-ml2
How To Uninstall neutron-plugin-ml2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the neutron-plugin-ml2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove neutron-plugin-ml2
Uninstall neutron-plugin-ml2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall neutron-plugin-ml2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove neutron-plugin-ml2
Remove neutron-plugin-ml2 Configurations and Data
To remove neutron-plugin-ml2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge neutron-plugin-ml2
Remove neutron-plugin-ml2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove neutron-plugin-ml2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neutron-plugin-ml2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-plugin-ml2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
