How To Install puppet-module-ceilometer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-ceilometer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is puppet-module-ceilometer
puppet-module-ceilometer is:
Puppet lets you centrally manage every important aspect of your system using a cross-platform specification language that manages all the separate elements normally aggregated in different files, like users, cron jobs, and hosts, along with obviously discrete elements like packages, services, and files.
This module manages both the installation and configuration of OpenStack Ceilometer.
There are three methods to install puppet-module-ceilometer on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install puppet-module-ceilometer 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-module-ceilometer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puppet-module-ceilometer
Install puppet-module-ceilometer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-module-ceilometer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puppet-module-ceilometer
Install puppet-module-ceilometer 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 puppet-module-ceilometer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puppet-module-ceilometer
How To Uninstall puppet-module-ceilometer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the puppet-module-ceilometer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puppet-module-ceilometer
Uninstall puppet-module-ceilometer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puppet-module-ceilometer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-module-ceilometer
Remove puppet-module-ceilometer Configurations and Data
To remove puppet-module-ceilometer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-module-ceilometer
Remove puppet-module-ceilometer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove puppet-module-ceilometer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-module-ceilometer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-ceilometer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
