How To Install webhook on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webhook on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is webhook
webhook is:
Webhook is a lightweight configurable tool written in Go, that allows you to easily create HTTP endpoints (hooks) on your server, which you can use to execute configured commands. You can also pass data from the HTTP request (such as headers, payload or query variables) to your commands. webhook also allows you to specify rules which have to be satisfied in order for the hook to be triggered.
For example, if you’re using Github or Bitbucket, you can use webhook to set up a hook that runs a redeploy script for your project on your staging server, whenever you push changes to the master branch of your project.
There are three methods to install webhook 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 webhook Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install webhook using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install webhook
Install webhook Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install webhook using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install webhook
Install webhook 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 webhook using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install webhook
How To Uninstall webhook on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the webhook package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove webhook
Uninstall webhook And Its Dependencies
To uninstall webhook and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove webhook
Remove webhook Configurations and Data
To remove webhook configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge webhook
Remove webhook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove webhook configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webhook
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webhook package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
