How To Install nova-compute on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nova-compute on Kali Linux. nova-compute is OpenStack Compute - compute node

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nova-compute on Kali Linux.

What is nova-compute

nova-compute is:

OpenStack is a reliable cloud infrastructure. Its mission is to produce the ubiquitous cloud computing platform that will meet the needs of public and private cloud providers regardless of size, by being simple to implement and massively scalable.

OpenStack Compute, codenamed Nova, is a cloud computing fabric controller designed to be modular and easy to extend and adapt. In addition to its “native” OpenStack API, it also supports the Amazon EC2 API, and it supports many different database backends (including SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL), hypervisors (KVM, Xen), and user directory systems (LDAP, SQL).

This package equips a system to function as a compute node, running the virtual machines.

There are three methods to install nova-compute on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nova-compute Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nova-compute

Install nova-compute Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nova-compute

Install nova-compute Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install nova-compute using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nova-compute

How To Uninstall nova-compute on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nova-compute package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nova-compute

Uninstall nova-compute And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nova-compute and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nova-compute

Remove nova-compute Configurations and Data

To remove nova-compute configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nova-compute

Remove nova-compute configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nova-compute

Dependencies

nova-compute have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nova-compute package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.