How To Install ganeti-htools on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ganeti-htools on Ubuntu.
What is ganeti-htools
ganeti-htools is:
Ganeti is a virtual server cluster management tool built on top of the Xen and KVM virtualization technologies and other free software. It provides an automated environment to manage highly available virtual machine instances.
This package provides additional tools used for enhanced allocation, maintenance and capacity calculation on Ganeti clusters.
The tools provided are:
- hail: advanced instance allocator;
- harep: tool for automatically repairing Ganeti clusters;
- hbal: automatic cluster balancing tool;
- hinfo: print cluster information;
- hroller: rolling maintenance/reboot scheduler for Ganeti nodes;
- hscan: used to gather cluster files for offline use in hbal/hspace;
- hspace: cluster capacity calculator.
This package provides the version intended for stand-alone systems that are not part of a Ganeti cluster.
There are three methods to install ganeti-htools on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ganeti-htools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ganeti-htools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ganeti-htools
Install ganeti-htools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ganeti-htools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ganeti-htools
Install ganeti-htools 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 ganeti-htools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ganeti-htools
How To Uninstall ganeti-htools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ganeti-htools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ganeti-htools
Uninstall ganeti-htools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ganeti-htools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ganeti-htools
Remove ganeti-htools Configurations and Data
To remove ganeti-htools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ganeti-htools
Remove ganeti-htools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ganeti-htools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ganeti-htools
Dependencies
ganeti-htools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ganeti-htools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.