How To Install waagent on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install waagent on Kali Linux. waagent is Windows Azure Linux Agent

Introduction

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

What is waagent

waagent is:

The Windows Azure Linux Agent (waagent) manages VM interaction with the Windows Azure Fabric Controller. It provides the following functionality for IaaS deployments:

  • Image Provisioning

    • Creation of a user account
    • Configuring SSH authentication types
    • Deployment of SSH public keys and key pairs
    • Setting the host name
    • Publishing the host name to the platform DNS
    • Reporting SSH host key fingerprint to the platform
    • Resource Disk Management
    • Formatting and mounting the resource disk
    • Configuring swap space

  • Networking

    • Manages routes to improve compatibility with platform DHCP servers
    • Ensures the stability of the network interface name

  • Kernel

    • Configure virtual NUMA (disable for kernel <2.6.37)
    • Consume Hyper-V entropy for /dev/random
    • Configure SCSI timeouts for the root device (which could be remote)

  • Diagnostics

    • Console redirection to the serial port

  • SCVMM Deployments

    • Detect and bootstrap the VMM agent for Linux when running in a System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012R2 environment

  • VM Extension

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install waagent

Install waagent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install waagent

Install waagent 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 waagent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install waagent

How To Uninstall waagent on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove waagent

Uninstall waagent And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove waagent

Remove waagent Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge waagent

Remove waagent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge waagent

Dependencies

waagent have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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