How To Install ceph-mgr-dashboard on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ceph-mgr-dashboard on Ubuntu 22.04. ceph-mgr-dashboard is dashboard module for ceph-mgr

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ceph-mgr-dashboard on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ceph-mgr-dashboard

ceph-mgr-dashboard is:

Ceph is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage.

This package provides a ceph-mgr module, providing a web-based application to monitor and manage many aspects of a Ceph cluster and related components.

See the Dashboard documentation at http://docs.ceph.com/ for details and a detailed feature overview.

There are three methods to install ceph-mgr-dashboard on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ceph-mgr-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 ceph-mgr-dashboard using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ceph-mgr-dashboard

Install ceph-mgr-dashboard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ceph-mgr-dashboard

Install ceph-mgr-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install ceph-mgr-dashboard

How To Uninstall ceph-mgr-dashboard on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ceph-mgr-dashboard

Uninstall ceph-mgr-dashboard And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ceph-mgr-dashboard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ceph-mgr-dashboard

Remove ceph-mgr-dashboard Configurations and Data

To remove ceph-mgr-dashboard configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-mgr-dashboard

Remove ceph-mgr-dashboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ceph-mgr-dashboard

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ceph-mgr-dashboard package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.