How To Install drbd-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. drbd-utils is RAID 1 over TCP/IP for Linux (user utilities)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install drbd-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is drbd-utils

drbd-utils is:

Drbd is a block device which is designed to build high availability clusters by providing a virtual shared device which keeps disks in nodes synchronised using TCP/IP. This simulates RAID 1 but avoiding the use of uncommon hardware (shared SCSI buses or Fibre Channel). It is currently limited to fail-over HA clusters.

This package contains the programs that will control the drbd kernel module provided in the Linux kernel.

There are three methods to install drbd-utils 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 drbd-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install drbd-utils

Install drbd-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install drbd-utils

Install drbd-utils 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 drbd-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install drbd-utils

How To Uninstall drbd-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the drbd-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove drbd-utils

Uninstall drbd-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove drbd-utils

Remove drbd-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge drbd-utils

Remove drbd-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge drbd-utils

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Summary

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