How To Install tgt-glusterfs on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tgt-glusterfs on Kali Linux.
What is tgt-glusterfs
tgt-glusterfs is:
The Linux target framework (tgt) allows a Linux system to provide SCSI devices (targets) over networked SCSI transports.
tgt consists of a user-space daemon and user-space tools currently supporting the following transports:
- iSCSI (SCSI over IP)
- iSER (iSCSI over RDMA, using Infiniband)
tgt also supports different storage types for use as backing stores for SCSI Logical Units:
- Plain files and block devices
- Ceph/RADOS RBD volumes
- GlusterFS volumes
This package enables tgt to use GlusterFS volumes as backing store for SCSI Logical Units.
There are three methods to install tgt-glusterfs 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 tgt-glusterfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tgt-glusterfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tgt-glusterfsInstall tgt-glusterfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tgt-glusterfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tgt-glusterfsInstall tgt-glusterfs 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tgt-glusterfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tgt-glusterfsHow To Uninstall tgt-glusterfs on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the tgt-glusterfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tgt-glusterfsUninstall tgt-glusterfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tgt-glusterfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tgt-glusterfsRemove tgt-glusterfs Configurations and Data
To remove tgt-glusterfs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tgt-glusterfsRemove tgt-glusterfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tgt-glusterfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tgt-glusterfsDependencies
tgt-glusterfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tgt-glusterfs package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
