How To Install puppetdb 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 puppetdb on Ubuntu.

What is `puppetdb`

puppetdb is:

PuppetDB collects data generated by Puppet. It enables advanced Puppet features like exported resources, and can be the foundation for other applications that use Puppet’s data.

This package contains the PuppetDB server itself.

There are three methods to install puppetdb 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 puppetdb Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install puppetdb using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install puppetdb

Install puppetdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install puppetdb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install puppetdb

Install puppetdb 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 puppetdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install puppetdb

How To Uninstall puppetdb on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the puppetdb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove puppetdb

Uninstall puppetdb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall puppetdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppetdb

Remove puppetdb Configurations and Data

To remove puppetdb configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge puppetdb

Remove puppetdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove puppetdb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppetdb

Dependencies

puppetdb have the following dependencies:

References

puppetdb website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppetdb package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.