How To Install maas-region-api on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maas-region-api on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is maas-region-api
maas-region-api is:
The MAAS region controller consists of REST API services and a postgres database. This package installs only the API services (maas-regiond). Use it to scale out the API front-end of your MAAS region controller.
There are three methods to install maas-region-api 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 maas-region-api Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maas-region-api using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maas-region-api
Install maas-region-api Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maas-region-api using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maas-region-api
Install maas-region-api 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 maas-region-api using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maas-region-api
How To Uninstall maas-region-api on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the maas-region-api package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maas-region-api
Uninstall maas-region-api And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maas-region-api and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maas-region-api
Remove maas-region-api Configurations and Data
To remove maas-region-api configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maas-region-api
Remove maas-region-api configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maas-region-api configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maas-region-api
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maas-region-api package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.