How To Install patroni on Debian 10

Learn how to install patroni on Debian 10 with this tutorial. patroni is PostgreSQL High Availability with ZooKeeper, etcd, Consul, or Kubernetes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install patroni on Debian 10.

What is `patroni`

patroni is:

Patroni is a template for a customized, high-availability PostgreSQL solution using Python and a distributed configuration store (ZooKeeper, etcd or Consul), or Kubernetes. It provides a REST API on each Postgres node of the cluster allowing for remote management and monitoring.

There are three methods to install patroni 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 patroni Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install patroni using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install patroni

Install patroni Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install patroni using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install patroni

Install patroni 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 patroni using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install patroni

How To Uninstall patroni on Debian 10

To uninstall only the patroni package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove patroni

Uninstall patroni And Its Dependencies

To uninstall patroni and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove patroni

Remove patroni Configurations and Data

To remove patroni configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge patroni

Remove patroni configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove patroni configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge patroni

Dependencies

patroni have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install patroni package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.