How To Install ceph-resource-agents on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ceph-resource-agents on Kali Linux. ceph-resource-agents is OCF-compliant resource agents for Ceph

Introduction

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

What is ceph-resource-agents

ceph-resource-agents is:

Ceph is a distributed storage and network file system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability, and scalability.

This package contains the resource agents (RAs) which integrate Ceph with OCF-compliant cluster resource managers, such as Pacemaker.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ceph-resource-agents

Install ceph-resource-agents Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ceph-resource-agents

Install ceph-resource-agents 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-resource-agents using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ceph-resource-agents

How To Uninstall ceph-resource-agents on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ceph-resource-agents

Uninstall ceph-resource-agents And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ceph-resource-agents

Remove ceph-resource-agents Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-resource-agents

Remove ceph-resource-agents configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ceph-resource-agents

Dependencies

ceph-resource-agents have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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