How To Install puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall on Debian 12

Learn how to install puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall on Debian 12 with this tutorial. puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall is Puppet module for Firewall management

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall on Debian 12.

What is puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall

puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall 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.

The Firewall module lets you manage firewall rules with Puppet. This module offers support for iptables, ip6tables, and ebtables.

There are three methods to install puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall on Debian 12. 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-puppetlabs-firewall 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-puppetlabs-firewall using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall

Install puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall

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

sudo aptitude -y install puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall

How To Uninstall puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall

Uninstall puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall And Its Dependencies

To uninstall puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall

Remove puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall Configurations and Data

To remove puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall

Dependencies

puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-puppetlabs-firewall package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.