How To Install neutron-sriov-agent on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-sriov-agent on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is neutron-sriov-agent
neutron-sriov-agent 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 Mellanox SR-IOV agent.
There are three methods to install neutron-sriov-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 neutron-sriov-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-sriov-agent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install neutron-sriov-agent
Install neutron-sriov-agent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install neutron-sriov-agent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install neutron-sriov-agent
Install neutron-sriov-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 neutron-sriov-agent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install neutron-sriov-agent
How To Uninstall neutron-sriov-agent on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the neutron-sriov-agent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove neutron-sriov-agent
Uninstall neutron-sriov-agent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall neutron-sriov-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove neutron-sriov-agent
Remove neutron-sriov-agent Configurations and Data
To remove neutron-sriov-agent configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge neutron-sriov-agent
Remove neutron-sriov-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove neutron-sriov-agent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neutron-sriov-agent
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-sriov-agent package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
