How To Install openvswitch-vtep on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-vtep on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is openvswitch-vtep
openvswitch-vtep is:
Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
This package provides utilities that are useful to interact with a VTEP-configured database and a VTEP emulator.
Package: openvswitch-vtep Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 Priority: extra Section: universe/net Source: openvswitch Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Open vSwitch developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 807 Depends: lsb-release, openvswitch-common (>= 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4), openvswitch-switch (>= 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4), python3-openvswitch (>= 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4), libc6 (>= 2.17), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libunbound8 (>= 1.8.0) Filename: pool/universe/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-vtep_2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4_amd64.deb Size: 239968 MD5sum: 25327c544695b30e2258fcb8aac3609e SHA1: b71f68837b58f63fac591466f0a060a5172e2303 SHA256: 60aca0fa82edab315529cf355d87e83d809211d0030abc269d774778068a8390 SHA512: 8d4e092a7411c516281af48d2128d5d6d2390e75c5d9724b741a823949725e2099960b22e511bea1a1c480773e762010fb88a8cddc0a957480292d374b162199 Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Open vSwitch VTEP utilities Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
This package provides utilities that are useful to interact with a VTEP-configured database and a VTEP emulator.
Package: openvswitch-vtep Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.13.0-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: universe/net Source: openvswitch Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Open vSwitch developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 769 Depends: lsb-release, openvswitch-common (>= 2.13.0-0ubuntu1), openvswitch-switch (>= 2.13.0-0ubuntu1), python3-openvswitch (>= 2.13.0-0ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.17), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libunbound8 (>= 1.8.0) Filename: pool/universe/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-vtep_2.13.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 229248 MD5sum: 867547f3ea9853e886d22e86ddd4b44d SHA1: 3d94031d0985d980428035ce128742e3cae59248 SHA256: 6cbc0ce383d98183843007907540145edc43830199d385437d5fa4660d2d74a8 Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Open vSwitch VTEP utilities Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
This package provides utilities that are useful to interact with a VTEP-configured database and a VTEP emulator.
There are three methods to install openvswitch-vtep 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 openvswitch-vtep Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openvswitch-vtep using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openvswitch-vtep
Install openvswitch-vtep Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openvswitch-vtep using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openvswitch-vtep
Install openvswitch-vtep 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 openvswitch-vtep using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openvswitch-vtep
How To Uninstall openvswitch-vtep on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the openvswitch-vtep package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openvswitch-vtep
Uninstall openvswitch-vtep And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openvswitch-vtep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openvswitch-vtep
Remove openvswitch-vtep Configurations and Data
To remove openvswitch-vtep configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openvswitch-vtep
Remove openvswitch-vtep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openvswitch-vtep configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openvswitch-vtep
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-vtep package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.