How To Install neutron-openvswitch-agent on Debian 12

Learn how to install neutron-openvswitch-agent on Debian 12 with this tutorial. neutron-openvswitch-agent is OpenStack virtual network service - Open vSwitch agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-openvswitch-agent on Debian 12.

What is neutron-openvswitch-agent

neutron-openvswitch-agent is:

Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (such as vNICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities, including QoS, ACLs, and network monitoring.

This package provides the Open vSwitch agent. If you choose to use the Open vSwitch plugin on neutron-server, this agent should run on each compute node.

There are three methods to install neutron-openvswitch-agent on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install neutron-openvswitch-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 neutron-openvswitch-agent using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install neutron-openvswitch-agent

Install neutron-openvswitch-agent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install neutron-openvswitch-agent

Install neutron-openvswitch-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install neutron-openvswitch-agent

How To Uninstall neutron-openvswitch-agent on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove neutron-openvswitch-agent

Uninstall neutron-openvswitch-agent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall neutron-openvswitch-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove neutron-openvswitch-agent

Remove neutron-openvswitch-agent Configurations and Data

To remove neutron-openvswitch-agent configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge neutron-openvswitch-agent

Remove neutron-openvswitch-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neutron-openvswitch-agent

Dependencies

neutron-openvswitch-agent have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-openvswitch-agent package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.