How To Install aodh-common on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install aodh-common on Ubuntu 22.04. aodh-common is OpenStack Telemetry (Ceilometer) Alarming - common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aodh-common on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is aodh-common

aodh-common is:

Ceilometer aims to deliver a Single Point Of Contact for billing systems, providing all the counters they need to establish customer billing, across all current and future OpenStack components. The delivery of counters must be traceable and auditable, the counters must be easily extensible to support new projects, and agents doing data collections should be independent of the overall system.

(A ceilometer is an instrument that measures cloud coverage.)

This package contains files that are needed for all parts of Aodh.

There are three methods to install aodh-common 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 aodh-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aodh-common

Install aodh-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install aodh-common

Install aodh-common 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 aodh-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aodh-common

How To Uninstall aodh-common on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the aodh-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aodh-common

Uninstall aodh-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aodh-common

Remove aodh-common Configurations and Data

To remove aodh-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aodh-common

Remove aodh-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aodh-common

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Summary

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