How To Install sbd 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 sbd on Ubuntu.

What is `sbd`

sbd is:

SBD provides a node fencing mechanism (Shoot the other node in the head, STONITH) for Pacemaker-based clusters through the exchange of messages via shared block storage such as for example a SAN, iSCSI, FCoE. It can be used as a STONITH mechanism in all configurations that have reliable shared storage.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sbd

Install sbd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sbd

Install sbd 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 sbd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sbd

How To Uninstall sbd on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove sbd

Uninstall sbd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sbd

Remove sbd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sbd

Remove sbd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sbd

Dependencies

sbd have the following dependencies:

References

sbd website

Summary

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