How To Install redis-sentinel on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install redis-sentinel on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is redis-sentinel
redis-sentinel is:
Redis is a key-value database in a similar vein to memcache but the dataset is non-volatile. Redis additionally provides native support for atomically manipulating and querying data structures such as lists and sets.
This package contains the Redis Sentinel monitoring software.
There are three methods to install redis-sentinel on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install redis-sentinel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install redis-sentinel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install redis-sentinel
Install redis-sentinel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install redis-sentinel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install redis-sentinel
Install redis-sentinel 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 redis-sentinel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install redis-sentinel
How To Uninstall redis-sentinel on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the redis-sentinel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove redis-sentinel
Uninstall redis-sentinel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall redis-sentinel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove redis-sentinel
Remove redis-sentinel Configurations and Data
To remove redis-sentinel configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge redis-sentinel
Remove redis-sentinel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove redis-sentinel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge redis-sentinel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install redis-sentinel package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
