How To Install python-senlin on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-senlin on Debian 9. python-senlin is clustering service for OpenStack clouds - Python 2.7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-senlin on Debian 9.

What is python-senlin

python-senlin is:

Senlin is a clustering service for OpenStack clouds. It creates and operates clusters of homogeneous objects exposed by other OpenStack services. The goal is to make the orchestration of collections of similar objects easier.

Senlin provides RESTful APIs to users so that they can associate various policies to a cluster. Sample policies include placement policy, load balancing policy, health policy, scaling policy, update policy and so on.

Senlin is designed to be capable of managing different types of objects. An object’s lifecycle is managed using profile type implementations, which are themselves plugins.

This package provides the Python 2.7 library.

There are three methods to install python-senlin on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-senlin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-senlin

Install python-senlin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-senlin

Install python-senlin 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 python-senlin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-senlin

How To Uninstall python-senlin on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-senlin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-senlin

Uninstall python-senlin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-senlin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-senlin

Remove python-senlin Configurations and Data

To remove python-senlin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-senlin

Remove python-senlin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-senlin

Dependencies

python-senlin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-senlin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.