How To Install tempest on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tempest on Kali Linux.

What is tempest

tempest is:

Tempest is a set of integration tests to be run against a live Openstack cluster in order to make sure that all components are working as expected. Tempest will start and stop virtual machine in order to check that your cloud is working as expected.

There are three methods to install tempest 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 tempest Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tempest

Install tempest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tempest using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tempest

Install tempest 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 tempest using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tempest

How To Uninstall tempest on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tempest package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tempest

Uninstall tempest And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tempest

Remove tempest Configurations and Data

To remove tempest configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tempest

Remove tempest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tempest

Dependencies

tempest have the following dependencies:

• e2fsprogs
• python3-tempest

References

• tempest website

Summary

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