How To Install drbd-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is drbd-utils
drbd-utils is:
Drbd is a block device which is designed to build high availability clusters by providing a virtual shared device which keeps disks in nodes synchronised using TCP/IP. This simulates RAID 1 but avoiding the use of uncommon hardware (shared SCSI buses or Fibre Channel). It is currently limited to fail-over HA clusters.
This package contains the programs that will control the drbd kernel module provided in the Linux kernel.
There are three methods to install drbd-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install drbd-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install drbd-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install drbd-utils
Install drbd-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install drbd-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install drbd-utils
Install drbd-utils 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 drbd-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install drbd-utils
How To Uninstall drbd-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the drbd-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove drbd-utils
Uninstall drbd-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall drbd-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove drbd-utils
Remove drbd-utils Configurations and Data
To remove drbd-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge drbd-utils
Remove drbd-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove drbd-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge drbd-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.