How To Install masakari-engine 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 masakari-engine on Ubuntu.
What is masakari-engine
masakari-engine is:
Masakari provides Virtual Machine High Availability (VMHA) service for OpenStack clouds by automatically recovering the KVM-based Virtual Machine(VM)s from failure events such as VM process down, provisioning process down, and nova-compute host failure. It also provides API service for manage and control the automated rescue mechanism.
This package contains the Masakari Engine.
There are three methods to install masakari-engine 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 masakari-engine Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install masakari-engine using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install masakari-engine
Install masakari-engine Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install masakari-engine using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install masakari-engine
Install masakari-engine 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 masakari-engine using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install masakari-engine
How To Uninstall masakari-engine on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the masakari-engine package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove masakari-engine
Uninstall masakari-engine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall masakari-engine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove masakari-engine
Remove masakari-engine Configurations and Data
To remove masakari-engine configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge masakari-engine
Remove masakari-engine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove masakari-engine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge masakari-engine
Dependencies
masakari-engine have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install masakari-engine package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.