How To Install ceph-mgr on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ceph-mgr on Kali Linux. ceph-mgr is manager for the ceph distributed file system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ceph-mgr on Kali Linux.

What is ceph-mgr

ceph-mgr 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 contains the manager daemon, which is used to expose high level management and monitoring functionality.

There are three methods to install ceph-mgr 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 ceph-mgr 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ceph-mgr

Install ceph-mgr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ceph-mgr

Install ceph-mgr 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 ceph-mgr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ceph-mgr

How To Uninstall ceph-mgr on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ceph-mgr

Uninstall ceph-mgr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ceph-mgr

Remove ceph-mgr Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-mgr

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

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

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

Dependencies

ceph-mgr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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