How To Install ipvsadm on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipvsadm
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ipvsadm
ipvsadm is:
The Linux Virtual Server (lvs or IPVS) is a highly scalable and highly available server built on a cluster of real servers. The architecture of the cluster is transparent to end users, and the users see only a single virtual server.
This package provides some support programs necessary to implement a virtual server under Linux. With the addition of the mon and heartbeat packages it is possible to implement a complete high-availability solution for Linux.
There are three methods to install ipvsadm
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ipvsadm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ipvsadm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ipvsadm
Install ipvsadm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ipvsadm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ipvsadm
Install ipvsadm 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 ipvsadm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ipvsadm
How To Uninstall ipvsadm on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ipvsadm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ipvsadm
Uninstall ipvsadm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ipvsadm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ipvsadm
Remove ipvsadm Configurations and Data
To remove ipvsadm
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ipvsadm
Remove ipvsadm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ipvsadm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ipvsadm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipvsadm
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.