How To Install puppet-master-passenger on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-master-passenger on Kali Linux.

What is puppet-master-passenger

puppet-master-passenger is:

Puppet is a configuration management system that allows you to define the state of your IT infrastructure, then automatically enforces the correct state.

This package provides configuration for apache2 with mod_passenger, suitable for large deployments. This offers better scalability than the “puppet-master” package.

There are three methods to install puppet-master-passenger 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 puppet-master-passenger Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install puppet-master-passenger

Install puppet-master-passenger Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install puppet-master-passenger using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install puppet-master-passenger

Install puppet-master-passenger 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 puppet-master-passenger using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install puppet-master-passenger

How To Uninstall puppet-master-passenger on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the puppet-master-passenger package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove puppet-master-passenger

Uninstall puppet-master-passenger And Its Dependencies

To uninstall puppet-master-passenger and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-master-passenger

Remove puppet-master-passenger Configurations and Data

To remove puppet-master-passenger configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-master-passenger

Remove puppet-master-passenger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove puppet-master-passenger configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-master-passenger

Dependencies

puppet-master-passenger have the following dependencies:

• apache2
• libapache2-mod-passenger
• lsb-base
• puppet
• ruby

References

• puppet-master-passenger website

Summary

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