How to Install keepalived software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install keepalived software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

keepalived software package provides Failover and monitoring daemon for LVS clusters, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install keepalived 

keepalived is installed in your system.

Make ensure the keepalived package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep keepalived *

You will get with keepalived package name, version, architecture and description in a table

keepalived package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Administration Utilities
Package keepalived
Version 1:1.2.19-1
Description Failover and monitoring daemon for LVS clusters
Sub Section admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove keepalived software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?