How To Install ceph-mon on Debian 12

Learn how to install ceph-mon on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ceph-mon is monitor server for the ceph storage system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ceph-mon on Debian 12.

What is ceph-mon

ceph-mon 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 cluster monitor daemon for the Ceph storage system. One or more instances of ceph-mon form a Paxos part-time parliament cluster that provides extremely reliable and durable storage of cluster membership, configuration, and state.

There are three methods to install ceph-mon on Debian 12. 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-mon 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-mon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ceph-mon

Install ceph-mon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ceph-mon

Install ceph-mon 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install ceph-mon

How To Uninstall ceph-mon on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ceph-mon

Uninstall ceph-mon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ceph-mon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ceph-mon

Remove ceph-mon Configurations and Data

To remove ceph-mon configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-mon

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

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

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

Dependencies

ceph-mon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ceph-mon package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.