How To Install octavia-common on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octavia-common on Debian 10.
What is octavia-common
octavia-common is:
Openstack Load Balancer as a Service, codenamed Octavia was borne out of the Neutron LBaaS project. Its conception influenced the transformation of the Neutron LBaaS project, as Neutron LBaaS moved from version 1 to version 2. Starting with the Liberty release of OpenStack, Octavia has become the reference implementation for Neutron LBaaS version 2.
Octavia accomplishes its delivery of load balancing services by managing a fleet of virtual machines, containers, or bare metal servers??collectively known as amphorae?? which it spins up on demand. This on-demand, horizontal scaling feature differentiates Octavia from other load balancing solutions, thereby making Octavia truly suited ??for the cloud.??.
This package contains elements that are needed by all parts of Octavia.
There are three methods to install octavia-common on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install octavia-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octavia-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octavia-common
Install octavia-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octavia-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octavia-common
Install octavia-common 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 octavia-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octavia-common
How To Uninstall octavia-common on Debian 10
To uninstall only the octavia-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octavia-common
Uninstall octavia-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octavia-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octavia-common
Remove octavia-common Configurations and Data
To remove octavia-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octavia-common
Remove octavia-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octavia-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octavia-common
Dependencies
octavia-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octavia-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.