How To Install puppet-module-placement on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-placement on Kali Linux. puppet-module-placement is Puppet module for OpenStack Placement

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-placement on Kali Linux.

What is puppet-module-placement

puppet-module-placement 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 Placement.

OpenStack Placement provides an HTTP service for managing, selecting, and claiming providers of classes of inventory representing available resources in a cloud.

There are three methods to install puppet-module-placement 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-module-placement 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-placement using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install puppet-module-placement

Install puppet-module-placement Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install puppet-module-placement

Install puppet-module-placement 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-module-placement using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install puppet-module-placement

How To Uninstall puppet-module-placement on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the puppet-module-placement package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove puppet-module-placement

Uninstall puppet-module-placement And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-module-placement

Remove puppet-module-placement Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-module-placement

Remove puppet-module-placement configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-module-placement

Dependencies

puppet-module-placement have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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