How To Install rbd-mirror on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rbd-mirror on Kali Linux.
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 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 rbd-mirror Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install rbd-mirror using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rbd-mirrorInstall rbd-mirror Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install rbd-mirror using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rbd-mirrorInstall rbd-mirror 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install rbd-mirror using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rbd-mirrorHow To Uninstall rbd-mirror on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the rbd-mirror package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rbd-mirrorUninstall rbd-mirror And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rbd-mirror and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rbd-mirrorRemove rbd-mirror Configurations and Data
To remove rbd-mirror configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rbd-mirrorRemove 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-mirrorDependencies
rbd-mirror have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rbd-mirror package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
