How To Install neutron-vpnaas-common on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-vpnaas-common on Ubuntu 20.04. neutron-vpnaas-common is VPN-as-a-Service driver for OpenStack Neutron VPN-as-a-Service driver for OpenStack Neutron

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-vpnaas-common on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is neutron-vpnaas-common

neutron-vpnaas-common 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 common configuration files.

Package: neutron-vpnaas-common Architecture: all Version: 2:16.0.0~b3~git2020041013.358d35202-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: python Source: neutron-vpnaas Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 21 Depends: strongswan (>= 5.1) | openswan Breaks: python-neutron-vpnaas (« 2:13.0.0~b2-0ubuntu2~) Replaces: python-neutron-vpnaas (« 2:13.0.0~b2-0ubuntu2~) Filename: pool/main/n/neutron-vpnaas/neutron-vpnaas-common_16.0.0~b3~git2020041013.358d35202-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 4356 MD5sum: 6e24de70f3dc9ab74c98ff2c4708e804 SHA1: 9b553a0ae829c0c22951ff90f327bc5f6640c4d5 SHA256: 8c7e1fee5936ecae8f027ca1af2c2dc8a5413751a0e30650338b21f1dea88689 Homepage: https://github.com/openstack/neutron-vpnaas Description-en: VPN-as-a-Service driver for OpenStack Neutron 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 common configuration files.

There are three methods to install neutron-vpnaas-common 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-vpnaas-common 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-vpnaas-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install neutron-vpnaas-common

Install neutron-vpnaas-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install neutron-vpnaas-common

Install neutron-vpnaas-common 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-vpnaas-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install neutron-vpnaas-common

How To Uninstall neutron-vpnaas-common on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the neutron-vpnaas-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove neutron-vpnaas-common

Uninstall neutron-vpnaas-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall neutron-vpnaas-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove neutron-vpnaas-common

Remove neutron-vpnaas-common Configurations and Data

To remove neutron-vpnaas-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge neutron-vpnaas-common

Remove neutron-vpnaas-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neutron-vpnaas-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-vpnaas-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.