How To Install ganeti-htools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ganeti-htools on Kali Linux.

What is ganeti-htools

ganeti-htools is:

Ganeti is a virtual server cluster management tool built on top of the Xen and KVM virtualization technologies and other free software. It provides an automated environment to manage highly available virtual machine instances.

This package provides additional tools used for enhanced allocation, maintenance and capacity calculation on Ganeti clusters.

The tools provided are:

• hail: advanced instance allocator;
• harep: tool for automatically repairing Ganeti clusters;
• hbal: automatic cluster balancing tool;
• hinfo: print cluster information;
• hroller: rolling maintenance/reboot scheduler for Ganeti nodes;
• hscan: used to gather cluster files for offline use in hbal/hspace;
• hspace: cluster capacity calculator.

This package provides the version intended for stand-alone systems that are not part of a Ganeti cluster.

There are three methods to install ganeti-htools 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 ganeti-htools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ganeti-htools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ganeti-htools

Install ganeti-htools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ganeti-htools

Install ganeti-htools 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install ganeti-htools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ganeti-htools

How To Uninstall ganeti-htools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ganeti-htools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ganeti-htools

Uninstall ganeti-htools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ganeti-htools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ganeti-htools

Remove ganeti-htools Configurations and Data

To remove ganeti-htools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ganeti-htools

Remove ganeti-htools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ganeti-htools

Dependencies

ganeti-htools have the following dependencies:

• ganeti-htools-3.0

References

• ganeti-htools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ganeti-htools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.