How To Install neutron-plugin-ml2 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 400 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-plugin-ml2 on Ubuntu.
What is neutron-plugin-ml2
neutron-plugin-ml2 is:
Neutron is a virtual network service for Openstack, and a part of Netstack. Just like OpenStack Nova provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual servers, Neutron provides an API to dynamically request and configure virtual networks. These networks connect “interfaces” from other OpenStack services (e.g., virtual NICs from Nova VMs). The Neutron API supports extensions to provide advanced network capabilities (e.g., QoS, ACLs, network monitoring, etc.)
This package provides the Modular Layer 2 plugin.
There are three methods to install neutron-plugin-ml2 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 neutron-plugin-ml2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install neutron-plugin-ml2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install neutron-plugin-ml2
Install neutron-plugin-ml2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install neutron-plugin-ml2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install neutron-plugin-ml2
Install neutron-plugin-ml2 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 neutron-plugin-ml2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install neutron-plugin-ml2
How To Uninstall neutron-plugin-ml2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the neutron-plugin-ml2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove neutron-plugin-ml2
Uninstall neutron-plugin-ml2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall neutron-plugin-ml2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove neutron-plugin-ml2
Remove neutron-plugin-ml2 Configurations and Data
To remove neutron-plugin-ml2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge neutron-plugin-ml2
Remove neutron-plugin-ml2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove neutron-plugin-ml2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neutron-plugin-ml2
Dependencies
neutron-plugin-ml2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neutron-plugin-ml2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.