How To Install rbd-mirror on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install rbd-mirror on Debian 9. rbd-mirror is Ceph daemon for mirroring RBD images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rbd-mirror on Debian 9.

What is rbd-mirror

rbd-mirror is:

Ceph is a distributed storage system designed to provide excellent performance, reliability, and scalability.

This package provides a daemon for mirroring RBD images between Ceph clusters, streaming changes asynchronously.

There are three methods to install rbd-mirror 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 rbd-mirror Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rbd-mirror

Install rbd-mirror Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rbd-mirror

Install rbd-mirror 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 rbd-mirror using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rbd-mirror

How To Uninstall rbd-mirror on Debian 9

To uninstall only the rbd-mirror package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rbd-mirror

Uninstall rbd-mirror And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rbd-mirror

Remove rbd-mirror Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rbd-mirror

Remove rbd-mirror configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rbd-mirror

Dependencies

rbd-mirror have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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