How To Install senlin-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install senlin-common on Kali Linux. senlin-common is clustering service for OpenStack clouds - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install senlin-common on Kali Linux.

What is senlin-common

senlin-common is:

Senlin is a clustering service for OpenStack clouds. It creates and operates clusters of homogeneous objects exposed by other OpenStack services. The goal is to make the orchestration of collections of similar objects easier.

Senlin provides RESTful APIs to users so that they can associate various policies to a cluster. Sample policies include placement policy, load balancing policy, health policy, scaling policy, update policy and so on.

Senlin is designed to be capable of managing different types of objects. An object’s lifecycle is managed using profile type implementations, which are themselves plugins.

This package provides common files and configuration.

There are three methods to install senlin-common 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 senlin-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install senlin-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install senlin-common

Install senlin-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install senlin-common

Install senlin-common 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install senlin-common

How To Uninstall senlin-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the senlin-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove senlin-common

Uninstall senlin-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall senlin-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove senlin-common

Remove senlin-common Configurations and Data

To remove senlin-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge senlin-common

Remove senlin-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge senlin-common

Dependencies

senlin-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install senlin-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.