How To Install designate on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install designate on Ubuntu 20.04. designate is OpenStack DNS as a Service - metapackage OpenStack DNS as a Service - metapackage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install designate on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is designate

designate 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 is a metapackage that helps installing all of Designate at once.

Package: designate Architecture: all Version: 1:10.0.0~b3~git2020041012.9ed2623a-0ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: net Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: PKG OpenStack [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 15 Depends: designate-agent (= 1:10.0.0~b3~git2020041012.9ed2623a-0ubuntu1), designate-api (= 1:10.0.0~b3~git2020041012.9ed2623a-0ubuntu1), designate-central (= 1:10.0.0~b3~git2020041012.9ed2623a-0ubuntu1) Filename: pool/main/d/designate/designate_10.0.0~b3~git2020041012.9ed2623a-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 1964 MD5sum: 8e907d18ca5136e2e544e69b2134f8aa SHA1: e538a60e2aa7a1b9b2765eb0c6acf66fd2f9fec5 SHA256: 3b099c1e45b84d69d0734bf2c565ce75d93c78dd21afe46bd19665ee41f25eeb Homepage: https://github.com/openstack/designate Description-en: OpenStack DNS as a Service - metapackage 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 is a metapackage that helps installing all of Designate at once.

There are three methods to install designate on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install designate

Install designate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install designate using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install designate

Install designate 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install designate

How To Uninstall designate on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the designate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove designate

Uninstall designate And Its Dependencies

To uninstall designate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove designate

Remove designate Configurations and Data

To remove designate configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge designate

Remove designate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge designate

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install designate package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.