How To Install cinder-backup on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinder-backup on Kali Linux.
What is cinder-backup
cinder-backup is:
Cinder is a block Storage-as-a-Service system for the OpenStack cloud computing suite. It re-implements the features of Nova-volume, which it directly replaces.
Cinder uses LVM partitions of your volume servers in order to provide iSCSI permanent block storage devices for your virtual machines running on Nova. It also has back-end drivers for many hardware and software storage solutions like Ceph, NFS, Net-APP, etc.
This package contains the Cinder backup service.
There are three methods to install cinder-backup 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 cinder-backup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cinder-backup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cinder-backupInstall cinder-backup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cinder-backup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cinder-backupInstall cinder-backup 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cinder-backup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cinder-backupHow To Uninstall cinder-backup on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cinder-backup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cinder-backupUninstall cinder-backup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cinder-backup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cinder-backupRemove cinder-backup Configurations and Data
To remove cinder-backup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cinder-backupRemove cinder-backup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cinder-backup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cinder-backupDependencies
cinder-backup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cinder-backup package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
