How To Install tgt-rbd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tgt-rbd on Kali Linux. tgt-rbd is Linux SCSI target user-space daemon and tools - RBD support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tgt-rbd on Kali Linux.

What is tgt-rbd

tgt-rbd is:

The Linux target framework (tgt) allows a Linux system to provide SCSI devices (targets) over networked SCSI transports.

tgt consists of a user-space daemon and user-space tools currently supporting the following transports:

  • iSCSI (SCSI over IP)
  • iSER (iSCSI over RDMA, using Infiniband)

tgt also supports different storage types for use as backing stores for SCSI Logical Units:

  • Plain files and block devices
  • Ceph/RADOS RBD volumes
  • GlusterFS volumes

This package enables tgt to use Ceph/RADOS block devices (RBD) as backing store for SCSI Logical Units.

There are three methods to install tgt-rbd 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 tgt-rbd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tgt-rbd

Install tgt-rbd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tgt-rbd

Install tgt-rbd 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 tgt-rbd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tgt-rbd

How To Uninstall tgt-rbd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tgt-rbd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tgt-rbd

Uninstall tgt-rbd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tgt-rbd

Remove tgt-rbd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tgt-rbd

Remove tgt-rbd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tgt-rbd

Dependencies

tgt-rbd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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