How To Install booth-pacemaker on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install booth-pacemaker on Kali Linux. booth-pacemaker is Resource agents to integrate booth with Pacemaker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install booth-pacemaker on Kali Linux.

What is booth-pacemaker

booth-pacemaker is:

Booth manages tickets which authorize cluster sites located in geographically dispersed locations to run resources. It facilitates support of geographically distributed clustering in Pacemaker.

Booth is based on the Raft consensus algorithm. Though the implementation is not complete (there is no log) and there are a few additions and modifications, booth guarantees that a ticket is always available at just one site as long as it has exclusive control of the tickets.

This package contains the integration script for booth to run as part of a Pacemaker cluster.

There are three methods to install booth-pacemaker 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 booth-pacemaker Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install booth-pacemaker

Install booth-pacemaker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install booth-pacemaker

Install booth-pacemaker 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install booth-pacemaker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install booth-pacemaker

How To Uninstall booth-pacemaker on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the booth-pacemaker package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove booth-pacemaker

Uninstall booth-pacemaker And Its Dependencies

To uninstall booth-pacemaker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove booth-pacemaker

Remove booth-pacemaker Configurations and Data

To remove booth-pacemaker configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge booth-pacemaker

Remove booth-pacemaker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge booth-pacemaker

Dependencies

booth-pacemaker have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install booth-pacemaker package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.