How To Install neutron-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is neutron-server
neutron-server is:
Neutron is a virtual network service for Openstack, and a part of Netstack. Just like OpenStack Nova provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual servers, Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (e.g., virtual NICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities (e.g., QoS, ACLs, network monitoring, etc.)
This package provides the Neutron server
There are three methods to install neutron-server 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 neutron-server 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-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install neutron-server
Install neutron-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install neutron-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install neutron-server
Install neutron-server 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 neutron-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install neutron-server
How To Uninstall neutron-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the neutron-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove neutron-server
Uninstall neutron-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall neutron-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove neutron-server
Remove neutron-server Configurations and Data
To remove neutron-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge neutron-server
Remove neutron-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove neutron-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neutron-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
