How To Install vip-manager on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vip-manager on Kali Linux.

What is vip-manager

vip-manager is:

This package needs to be installed and configured on all nodes of a Patroni PostgreSQL cluster. Given a Patroni namespace and scope in etcd or consul, the vip-manager service monitors that namespace for leader changes due to failovers or switchovers and adds or removes the VIP on the local node accordingly.

There are three methods to install vip-manager 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 vip-manager Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vip-manager

Install vip-manager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vip-manager

Install vip-manager 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 vip-manager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vip-manager

How To Uninstall vip-manager on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vip-manager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vip-manager

Uninstall vip-manager And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vip-manager

Remove vip-manager Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vip-manager

Remove vip-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vip-manager

Dependencies

vip-manager have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• vip-manager website

Summary

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