How To Install designate-mdns on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install designate-mdns on Debian 12.
What is designate-mdns
designate-mdns 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 mini-dns service. It is the service that sends DNS NOTIFY and answers zone transfer (AXFR) requests. This allows Designate to integrate with any DNS server that supports these very standard methods of communicating. designate-mdns also encapsulates all other forms of DNS protocol that Designate performs. For example, sending SOA queries to check that a change is live.
There are three methods to install designate-mdns 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-mdns 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-mdns using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install designate-mdns
Install designate-mdns Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install designate-mdns using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install designate-mdns
Install designate-mdns 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-mdns using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install designate-mdns
How To Uninstall designate-mdns on Debian 12
To uninstall only the designate-mdns package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove designate-mdns
Uninstall designate-mdns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall designate-mdns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove designate-mdns
Remove designate-mdns Configurations and Data
To remove designate-mdns configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge designate-mdns
Remove designate-mdns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove designate-mdns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge designate-mdns
Dependencies
designate-mdns have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install designate-mdns package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
