How To Install openstack-cluster-installer-agent on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install openstack-cluster-installer-agent on Kali Linux. openstack-cluster-installer-agent is automatic PXE and puppet-master installer for OpenStack - agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openstack-cluster-installer-agent on Kali Linux.

What is openstack-cluster-installer-agent

openstack-cluster-installer-agent is:

OCI (OpenStack Cluster Installer) is a software to provision an OpenStack clusters automatically. This package installs a provisioning machine, which uses the below components:

  • a DHCP server (isc-dhcp-server)
  • a PXE boot server (tftp-hpa)
  • a web server (apache2)
  • a puppet-master

Once computers in the cluster boot for the first time, a Debian live system is served by OCI over PXE, to act as a discovery image. This live system then reports the hardware features back to OCI. Computers can then be installed with Debian from that live system, configured with a puppet-agent that will connect to the puppet-master of OCI. After Debian is installed, the server reboots, and OpenStack services are provisionned, depending on the server role in the cluster.

OCI is fully packaged in Debian, including all of the Puppet modules. After installing the OCI package and its dependencies, no other artificat needs to be installed on your provisioning server, meaning that if a local debian mirror is available, the OpenStack cluster installation can be done completely offline.

This package contains the necessary tooling inside the Debian Live environment to do hardware discovery, which will be reported back to the centralized OCI REST API.

There are three methods to install openstack-cluster-installer-agent on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install openstack-cluster-installer-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 openstack-cluster-installer-agent using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openstack-cluster-installer-agent

Install openstack-cluster-installer-agent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openstack-cluster-installer-agent using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openstack-cluster-installer-agent

Install openstack-cluster-installer-agent Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install openstack-cluster-installer-agent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openstack-cluster-installer-agent

How To Uninstall openstack-cluster-installer-agent on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the openstack-cluster-installer-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openstack-cluster-installer-agent

Uninstall openstack-cluster-installer-agent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openstack-cluster-installer-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openstack-cluster-installer-agent

Remove openstack-cluster-installer-agent Configurations and Data

To remove openstack-cluster-installer-agent configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openstack-cluster-installer-agent

Remove openstack-cluster-installer-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openstack-cluster-installer-agent

Dependencies

openstack-cluster-installer-agent have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openstack-cluster-installer-agent package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.