How To Install rbd-nbd on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install rbd-nbd on Ubuntu 20.04. rbd-nbd is NBD-based rbd client for the Ceph distributed file system NBD-based rbd client for the Ceph distributed file system NBD-based rbd client for the Ceph distributed file system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rbd-nbd on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is rbd-nbd

rbd-nbd is:

Ceph is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage. This is a NBD-based client that allows one to map Ceph rbd images as local block device.

NBD base client that allows one to map Ceph rbd images as local block device.

Package: rbd-nbd Architecture: amd64 Version: 15.2.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: ceph Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Ceph Packaging Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 483 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.21), librados2 (>= 14.2.0), librbd1 (>= 0.87), libstdc++6 (>= 9) Filename: pool/universe/c/ceph/rbd-nbd_15.2.12-0ubuntu0.20.04.1_amd64.deb Size: 135136 MD5sum: 311e734b5149e8290f3bbd6eb5b7a303 SHA1: 0a4fad747be9857e8a96828b6abb62c041ed3c61 SHA256: 934cf87a76a0aef35b96805e27e7b8685e482e94a00271024f560311fab632a2 SHA512: 21336d827076555af04c65cca7b595426ad6c6ed6847f4e1bc66165f7a4e21416cb515471c7a7354d9aa596b9f76da270ba3d2c8a10ebf78e7214df2e2504404 Homepage: http://ceph.com/ Description-en: NBD-based rbd client for the Ceph distributed file system Ceph is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage. This is a NBD-based client that allows one to map Ceph rbd images as local block device.

NBD base client that allows one to map Ceph rbd images as local block device.

Package: rbd-nbd Architecture: amd64 Version: 15.2.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: ceph Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Ceph Packaging Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 482 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.21), librados2 (>= 14.2.0), librbd1 (>= 0.87), libstdc++6 (>= 9) Filename: pool/universe/c/ceph/rbd-nbd_15.2.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 135284 MD5sum: d8181eebc60dcce0d9942bdb0e92b841 SHA1: cc4c467eb103bf33dc3a38bd4ada5fbd42fa8059 SHA256: a2aec8fd20aa6b3b976c2b8094a4d0b2746522d4ff575386ebeb6607d26e247b Homepage: http://ceph.com/ Description-en: NBD-based rbd client for the Ceph distributed file system Ceph is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage. This is a NBD-based client that allows one to map Ceph rbd images as local block device.

NBD base client that allows one to map Ceph rbd images as local block device.

There are three methods to install rbd-nbd on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-nbd 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-nbd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rbd-nbd

Install rbd-nbd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rbd-nbd

Install rbd-nbd 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install rbd-nbd

How To Uninstall rbd-nbd on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove rbd-nbd

Uninstall rbd-nbd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rbd-nbd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rbd-nbd

Remove rbd-nbd Configurations and Data

To remove rbd-nbd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rbd-nbd

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rbd-nbd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.