How To Install magnum-api on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install magnum-api on Kali Linux. magnum-api is OpenStack containers as a service

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install magnum-api on Kali Linux.

What is magnum-api

magnum-api is:

Magnum is an OpenStack project which offers container orchestration engines for deploying and managing containers as first class resources in OpenStack. It features:

  • Abstractions for bays, containers, nodes, pods, replication controllers, and services
  • Integration with Kubernetes and Docker for backend container technology
  • Integration with Keystone for multi-tenant security
  • Integration with Neutron for Kubernetes multi-tenancy network security

This package contains the API server.

There are three methods to install magnum-api 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 magnum-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 magnum-api using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install magnum-api

Install magnum-api Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install magnum-api

Install magnum-api 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 magnum-api using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install magnum-api

How To Uninstall magnum-api on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the magnum-api package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove magnum-api

Uninstall magnum-api And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove magnum-api

Remove magnum-api Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge magnum-api

Remove magnum-api configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge magnum-api

Dependencies

magnum-api have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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