How To Install openstack-dashboard-apache on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openstack-dashboard-apache on Kali Linux.

What is openstack-dashboard-apache

openstack-dashboard-apache is:

The OpenStack Dashboard is a web application to control an OpenStack cloud. It connects to OpenStack services such as Nova, Swift, or Keystone using the OpenStack REST API just as you would with the command line clients.

This package includes the configuration files to use within Apache. If you wish to configure Apache yourself, use only openstack-dashboard.

There are three methods to install openstack-dashboard-apache 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-dashboard-apache 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-dashboard-apache using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openstack-dashboard-apache

Install openstack-dashboard-apache Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openstack-dashboard-apache using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openstack-dashboard-apache

Install openstack-dashboard-apache 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-dashboard-apache using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openstack-dashboard-apache

How To Uninstall openstack-dashboard-apache on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the openstack-dashboard-apache package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openstack-dashboard-apache

Uninstall openstack-dashboard-apache And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openstack-dashboard-apache

Remove openstack-dashboard-apache Configurations and Data

To remove openstack-dashboard-apache configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openstack-dashboard-apache

Remove openstack-dashboard-apache configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openstack-dashboard-apache

Dependencies

openstack-dashboard-apache have the following dependencies:

• apache2
• debconf
• libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
• openstack-dashboard

References

• openstack-dashboard-apache website

Summary

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