How To Install haproxyctl 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 haproxyctl on Ubuntu.
What is haproxyctl
haproxyctl is:
Wrapper to make life with HAProxy a little more convenient. Features:
- enable and disable servers on the fly
- change server’s weight
- show HAProxy status in CLI
- formats server weight and backends in a readable way
- provides Nagios and Cloudkick health checks
There are three methods to install haproxyctl 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 haproxyctl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install haproxyctl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install haproxyctl
Install haproxyctl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install haproxyctl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install haproxyctl
Install haproxyctl 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 haproxyctl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install haproxyctl
How To Uninstall haproxyctl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the haproxyctl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove haproxyctl
Uninstall haproxyctl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall haproxyctl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove haproxyctl
Remove haproxyctl Configurations and Data
To remove haproxyctl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge haproxyctl
Remove haproxyctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove haproxyctl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge haproxyctl
Dependencies
haproxyctl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install haproxyctl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.