How To Install openstack-dashboard on Debian 10

Learn how to install openstack-dashboard on Debian 10 with this tutorial. openstack-dashboard is web application to control an OpenStack cloud

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openstack-dashboard on Debian 10.

What is openstack-dashboard

openstack-dashboard is:

The OpenStack Dashboard is a web application to control an OpenStack cloud. It connects to OpenStack services such as Nova, Swift, or Keystone using the OpenStack REST API just as you would with the command line clients.

There are three methods to install openstack-dashboard 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 openstack-dashboard Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install openstack-dashboard

Install openstack-dashboard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install openstack-dashboard

Install openstack-dashboard 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 openstack-dashboard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openstack-dashboard

How To Uninstall openstack-dashboard on Debian 10

To uninstall only the openstack-dashboard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openstack-dashboard

Uninstall openstack-dashboard And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openstack-dashboard

Remove openstack-dashboard Configurations and Data

To remove openstack-dashboard configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openstack-dashboard

Remove openstack-dashboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openstack-dashboard

Dependencies

openstack-dashboard have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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