How To Install murano-agent on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install murano-agent on Ubuntu 18.04. murano-agent is cloud-ready application catalog - VM agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install murano-agent on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is murano-agent

murano-agent is:

Murano Project introduces an application catalog, which allows application developers and cloud administrators to publish various cloud-ready applications in a browsable categorised catalog, which may be used by the cloud users (including the inexperienced ones) to pick-up the needed applications and services and composes the reliable environments out of them in a “push-the-button” manner.

This package contains the Murano Agent, which is a VM-side guest agent that accepts commands from Murano Conductor and executes them.

There are three methods to install murano-agent 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 murano-agent Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install murano-agent

Install murano-agent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install murano-agent

Install murano-agent 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 murano-agent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install murano-agent

How To Uninstall murano-agent on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the murano-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove murano-agent

Uninstall murano-agent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall murano-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove murano-agent

Remove murano-agent Configurations and Data

To remove murano-agent configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge murano-agent

Remove murano-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge murano-agent

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install murano-agent package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.