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