How To Install openvswitch-pki on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-pki on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is openvswitch-pki
openvswitch-pki is:
Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
openvswitch-pki provides PKI (public key infrastructure) support for Open vSwitch switches and controllers, reducing the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks on the Open vSwitch network infrastructure.
Package: openvswitch-pki Architecture: all Version: 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4 Priority: extra Section: universe/net Source: openvswitch Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Open vSwitch developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 71 Depends: openvswitch-common (« 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4.1~), openvswitch-common (>= 2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4) Filename: pool/universe/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-pki_2.13.1-0ubuntu0.20.04.4_all.deb Size: 13260 MD5sum: ad303bd0dbf685e964f18091b5f46250 SHA1: 233f559a67cb60fe9073a7315faf6b553a39fcc4 SHA256: 2648408b875d0936ee61956ea4fc3225c59b94b90b5161fa964da9b8e873e05a SHA512: a12679517571eb939bd946d134106caafa030d8a57c3a1e6155345572f8cbdeb73a73a351822bf7303085a31d649ff93b751ab5c726fbd83ed97554594926d25 Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Open vSwitch public key infrastructure dependency package Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
openvswitch-pki provides PKI (public key infrastructure) support for Open vSwitch switches and controllers, reducing the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks on the Open vSwitch network infrastructure.
Package: openvswitch-pki Architecture: all Version: 2.13.0-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: universe/net Source: openvswitch Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Open vSwitch developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 37 Depends: openvswitch-common (« 2.13.0-0ubuntu1.1~), openvswitch-common (>= 2.13.0-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/o/openvswitch/openvswitch-pki_2.13.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 2752 MD5sum: 51e9d42b82ea83678fd8ae21829e6ba3 SHA1: e167896f784c3e85316a8b27ee9e54702f563646 SHA256: a4ccc0efff316308512631e8785fdce05d91fcdbea4290f6fe065a30ba03e2e1 Homepage: http://openvswitch.org/ Description-en: Open vSwitch public key infrastructure dependency package Open vSwitch is a production quality, multilayer, software-based, Ethernet virtual switch. It is designed to enable massive network automation through programmatic extension, while still supporting standard management interfaces and protocols (e.g. NetFlow, IPFIX, sFlow, SPAN, RSPAN, CLI, LACP, 802.1ag). In addition, it is designed to support distribution across multiple physical servers similar to VMware’s vNetwork distributed vswitch or Cisco’s Nexus 1000V.
openvswitch-pki provides PKI (public key infrastructure) support for Open vSwitch switches and controllers, reducing the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks on the Open vSwitch network infrastructure.
There are three methods to install openvswitch-pki on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openvswitch-pki Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openvswitch-pki using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openvswitch-pki
Install openvswitch-pki Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openvswitch-pki using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openvswitch-pki
Install openvswitch-pki 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 openvswitch-pki using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openvswitch-pki
How To Uninstall openvswitch-pki on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the openvswitch-pki package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openvswitch-pki
Uninstall openvswitch-pki And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openvswitch-pki and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openvswitch-pki
Remove openvswitch-pki Configurations and Data
To remove openvswitch-pki configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openvswitch-pki
Remove openvswitch-pki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openvswitch-pki configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openvswitch-pki
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvswitch-pki package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.