How To Install fence-virt on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fence-virt on Kali Linux.
What is fence-virt
fence-virt is:
The fencing framework consists of the agent (fence_virt) and the host daemon (fence_virtd). The fence_virtd host daemon is responsible for processing fencing requests from fence_virt agents running in virtual machines and routing the requests to the appropriate physical machine for action.
This package contains the fence_virt agent to be used inside the virtual machine.
There are three methods to install fence-virt 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 fence-virt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fence-virt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fence-virtInstall fence-virt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fence-virt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fence-virtInstall fence-virt 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fence-virt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fence-virtHow To Uninstall fence-virt on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fence-virt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fence-virtUninstall fence-virt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fence-virt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fence-virtRemove fence-virt Configurations and Data
To remove fence-virt configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fence-virtRemove fence-virt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fence-virt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fence-virtDependencies
fence-virt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fence-virt package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
