How To Install designate-central on Debian 12

Learn how to install designate-central on Debian 12 with this tutorial. designate-central is OpenStack DNS as a Service - central daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install designate-central on Debian 12.

What is designate-central

designate-central 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 central daemon. It is the service that handles RPC requests via the MQ, it coordinates the persistent storage of data and applies business logic to data from the API.

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

sudo apt-get -y install designate-central

Install designate-central Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install designate-central

Install designate-central 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 designate-central using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install designate-central

How To Uninstall designate-central on Debian 12

To uninstall only the designate-central package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove designate-central

Uninstall designate-central And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove designate-central

Remove designate-central Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge designate-central

Remove designate-central configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge designate-central

Dependencies

designate-central have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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