How To Install octavia-worker on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octavia-worker on Debian 10.
What is octavia-worker
octavia-worker 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 provides Octavia worker.
There are three methods to install octavia-worker 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-worker 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-worker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octavia-worker
Install octavia-worker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octavia-worker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octavia-worker
Install octavia-worker 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-worker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octavia-worker
How To Uninstall octavia-worker on Debian 10
To uninstall only the octavia-worker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octavia-worker
Uninstall octavia-worker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octavia-worker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octavia-worker
Remove octavia-worker Configurations and Data
To remove octavia-worker configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octavia-worker
Remove octavia-worker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octavia-worker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octavia-worker
Dependencies
octavia-worker have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octavia-worker package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.