How To Install designate-agent on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install designate-agent on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is designate-agent
designate-agent is:
Designate provides DNSaaS services for OpenStack. It provides a multi-tenant REST API for domain & record management. It is Integrated with Keystone for authentication, and provides a framework in place to integrate with Nova and Neutron notifications (for auto-generated records). Designate supports PowerDNS and Bind9 out of the box.
This package provides the agent.
Package: designate-agent Architecture: all Version: 1:10.0.0~b3~git2020041012.9ed2623a-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: net Source: designate Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: PKG OpenStack [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 32 Depends: python3-designate (= 1:10.0.0~b3~git2020041012.9ed2623a-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/d/designate/designate-agent_10.0.0~b3~git2020041012.9ed2623a-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 4832 MD5sum: ff4b5e21e5ce4a23200910328b526221 SHA1: 9a89fb57b7d4f1f4c0b2f5b56b79bad5ff31d6c8 SHA256: 3e680d69e13f19eea8bc2122a0ad1ec18df41ec2097e76fb5eb86bb6ec38f10b Homepage: https://github.com/openstack/designate Description-en: OpenStack DNS as a Service - agent Designate provides DNSaaS services for OpenStack. It provides a multi-tenant REST API for domain & record management. It is Integrated with Keystone for authentication, and provides a framework in place to integrate with Nova and Neutron notifications (for auto-generated records). Designate supports PowerDNS and Bind9 out of the box.
This package provides the agent.
There are three methods to install designate-agent on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install designate-agent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install designate-agent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install designate-agent
Install designate-agent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install designate-agent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install designate-agent
Install designate-agent 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 designate-agent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install designate-agent
How To Uninstall designate-agent on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the designate-agent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove designate-agent
Uninstall designate-agent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall designate-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove designate-agent
Remove designate-agent Configurations and Data
To remove designate-agent configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge designate-agent
Remove designate-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove designate-agent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge designate-agent
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install designate-agent package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.