How To Install keystone on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install keystone on Ubuntu 22.04. keystone is OpenStack identity service - Daemons

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install keystone on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is keystone

keystone is:

Keystone is a proposed independent authentication service for OpenStack.

This initial proof of concept aims to address the current use cases in Swift and Nova which are:

  • REST-based, token auth for Swift
  • many-to-many relationship between identity and tenant for Nova. Keystone does authentication and stuff

This package contains the daemons.

There are three methods to install keystone on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install keystone Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install keystone

Install keystone Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install keystone

Install keystone 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 keystone using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install keystone

How To Uninstall keystone on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove keystone

Uninstall keystone And Its Dependencies

To uninstall keystone and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove keystone

Remove keystone Configurations and Data

To remove keystone configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge keystone

Remove keystone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge keystone

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install keystone package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.