How To Install resource-agents-paf on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install resource-agents-paf on Debian 12.
What is resource-agents-paf
resource-agents-paf is:
PostgreSQL Automatic Failover (aka. PAF) is a new OCF resource Agent dedicated to PostgreSQL. Its original wish is to keep a clear limit between the Pacemaker administration and the PostgreSQL one, to keep things simple, documented and yet powerful.
It only supports multi-state (Master-Slave) PostgreSQL clusters.
There are three methods to install resource-agents-paf on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install resource-agents-paf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install resource-agents-paf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install resource-agents-paf
Install resource-agents-paf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install resource-agents-paf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install resource-agents-paf
Install resource-agents-paf 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 resource-agents-paf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install resource-agents-paf
How To Uninstall resource-agents-paf on Debian 12
To uninstall only the resource-agents-paf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove resource-agents-paf
Uninstall resource-agents-paf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall resource-agents-paf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove resource-agents-paf
Remove resource-agents-paf Configurations and Data
To remove resource-agents-paf configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge resource-agents-paf
Remove resource-agents-paf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove resource-agents-paf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge resource-agents-paf
Dependencies
resource-agents-paf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install resource-agents-paf package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
