How To Install designate-central on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install designate-central on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is designate-central
designate-central is:
Designate provides DNSaaS services for OpenStack. It provides a multi-tenant REST API for domain & record management. It is Integrated with Keystone for authentication, and provides a framework in place to integrate with Nova and Neutron notifications (for auto-generated records). Designate supports PowerDNS and Bind9 out of the box.
This package provides the central daemon.
There are three methods to install designate-central 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 designate-central Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install designate-central using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install designate-central
Install designate-central Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install designate-central using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install designate-central
Install designate-central 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 designate-central using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install designate-central
How To Uninstall designate-central on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the designate-central package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove designate-central
Uninstall designate-central And Its Dependencies
To uninstall designate-central and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove designate-central
Remove designate-central Configurations and Data
To remove designate-central configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge designate-central
Remove designate-central configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove designate-central configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge designate-central
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install designate-central package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
