How To Install rsplib-registrar on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsplib-registrar on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rsplib-registrar
rsplib-registrar is:
Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) is the IETF’s standard (RFC 5351 to RFC 5356) for a lightweight server pool and session management framework. It provides highly available pool management (that is registration handling and load distribution/balancing) by components called Registrar and a client-side/server-side API for accessing the service of a pool.
This package provides the registrar, which is the management component for RSerPool-based server pools. You need at least one registrar in a setup, but for redundancy reasons, you should have at least two.
There are three methods to install rsplib-registrar 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 rsplib-registrar Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rsplib-registrar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rsplib-registrar
Install rsplib-registrar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rsplib-registrar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rsplib-registrar
Install rsplib-registrar 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 rsplib-registrar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rsplib-registrar
How To Uninstall rsplib-registrar on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rsplib-registrar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rsplib-registrar
Uninstall rsplib-registrar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rsplib-registrar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsplib-registrar
Remove rsplib-registrar Configurations and Data
To remove rsplib-registrar configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rsplib-registrar
Remove rsplib-registrar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rsplib-registrar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsplib-registrar
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsplib-registrar package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
