How To Install cinder-volume on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinder-volume on Ubuntu 18.04. cinder-volume is Cinder storage service - Volume server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinder-volume on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is cinder-volume

cinder-volume is:

OpenStack is a reliable cloud infrastructure. Its mission is to produce the ubiquitous cloud computing platform that will meet the needs of public and private cloud providers regardless of size, by being simple to implement and massively scalable.

Cinder is the OpenStack Block storage service.

This package contains the Cinder Volume server.

There are three methods to install cinder-volume 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 cinder-volume Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cinder-volume

Install cinder-volume Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cinder-volume

Install cinder-volume 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 cinder-volume using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cinder-volume

How To Uninstall cinder-volume on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the cinder-volume package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cinder-volume

Uninstall cinder-volume And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cinder-volume and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cinder-volume

Remove cinder-volume Configurations and Data

To remove cinder-volume configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cinder-volume

Remove cinder-volume configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cinder-volume

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cinder-volume package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.