How To Install senlin-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install senlin-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 senlin-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install senlin-common
How To Uninstall senlin-common on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install senlin-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
