How to Install and Uninstall keepalived Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "keepalived" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install keepalived on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                keepalived
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "keepalived" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall keepalived on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                keepalived
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the keepalived package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: keepalived
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.2.24-1ubuntu0.16.04.2
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alexander Wirt
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 717
Depends: iproute2, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), iptables, libc6 (>= 2.15), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-route-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libsnmp30 (>= 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2~dfsg), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libxtables11
Recommends: ipvsadm
Filename: pool/main/k/keepalived/keepalived_1.2.24-1ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 204032
MD5sum: 046241ad8fbbbc32ce57fde4cf8d5983
SHA1: a6d95016d39b4685cab6c9f20380b311cfe6faa2
SHA256: adce5b0bbb19d0db94d6bf6e675f32ae705c0b7a0fe688a423a88a033d0f35f8
SHA512: d6859fa783ca5ea2b5c9fc5ce69938126381de659ec9ab796c23e6a299bca71a40aa69d82646abb3a606f878e462841222fb44d6473d85d36d036ea013b142fa
Homepage: http://keepalived.org
Description-en: Failover and monitoring daemon for LVS clusters
keepalived is used for monitoring real servers within a Linux
Virtual Server (LVS) cluster. keepalived can be configured to
remove real servers from the cluster pool if it stops responding,
as well as send a notification email to make the admin aware of
the service failure.
.
In addition, keepalived implements an independent Virtual Router
Redundancy Protocol (VRRPv2; see rfc2338 for additional info)
framework for director failover.
.
You need a kernel >= 2.4.28 or >= 2.6.11 for keepalived.
See README.Debian for more information.
Description-md5: e2d2506352721e77c2c351de4714ddd6
Supported: 5y

Package: keepalived
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 511
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alexander Wirt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.2.19-1
Depends: iproute2, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.15), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libsnmp30 (>= 5.7.2~dfsg), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0)
Recommends: ipvsadm
Filename: pool/main/k/keepalived/keepalived_1.2.19-1_amd64.deb
Size: 149244
MD5sum: 77dfd41492cecaa2e875296838d81839
SHA1: 567961613bcd3e2faa49528f1b7aa45423be5788
SHA256: 86425017fd555f24880405549fdac6663aae5227249941149d037e3271d1acfe
Description-en: Failover and monitoring daemon for LVS clusters
keepalived is used for monitoring real servers within a Linux
Virtual Server (LVS) cluster. keepalived can be configured to
remove real servers from the cluster pool if it stops responding,
as well as send a notification email to make the admin aware of
the service failure.
.
In addition, keepalived implements an independent Virtual Router
Redundancy Protocol (VRRPv2; see rfc2338 for additional info)
framework for director failover.
.
You need a kernel >= 2.4.28 or >= 2.6.11 for keepalived.
See README.Debian for more information.
Description-md5: e2d2506352721e77c2c351de4714ddd6
Homepage: http://keepalived.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y