How To Install ceph-iscsi on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ceph-iscsi
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ceph-iscsi
ceph-iscsi is:
It includes the rbd-target-api daemon which is responsible for restoring the state of LIO following a gateway reboot/outage and exporting a REST API to configure the system using tools like gwcli. It replaces the existing ’target’ service.
There is also a second daemon rbd-target-gw which exports a REST API to gather statistics.
It also includes the CLI tool gwcli which can be used to configure and manage the Ceph iSCSI gateway, which replaces the existing targetcli CLI tool. This CLI tool utilizes the rbd-target-api server daemon to configure multiple gateways concurrently.
There are three methods to install ceph-iscsi
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 ceph-iscsi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ceph-iscsi
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ceph-iscsi
Install ceph-iscsi Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ceph-iscsi
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ceph-iscsi
Install ceph-iscsi 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 ceph-iscsi
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ceph-iscsi
How To Uninstall ceph-iscsi on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ceph-iscsi
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ceph-iscsi
Uninstall ceph-iscsi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ceph-iscsi
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ceph-iscsi
Remove ceph-iscsi Configurations and Data
To remove ceph-iscsi
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ceph-iscsi
Remove ceph-iscsi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ceph-iscsi
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ceph-iscsi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ceph-iscsi
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.