Thomas-Krenn Ubuntu Software Repository

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In the Thomas Krenn Ubuntu Repository, Thomas-Krenn.AG provides additional software packages for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Codename Precise , 14.04 LTS Trusty und 16.04 LTS Xenial. In addition to TKmon and TKperf the repository also contains additional software packages that facilitate the operation of Ubuntu in a server environment.

Important hint

The monitoring software TKmon is no longer being developed further and the Thomas-Krenn call-home service has also now been switched off.

Design

The Thomas Krenn Ubuntu repository consists of the following two components:

1. main (contains TKmon):
   • TKmon
   • PNP4Nagios 0.6.26, only in xenial
   • Icinga in an updated version (icinga-core and other packages)
2. optional (contains useful tools for server operation):
   • FreeIPMI in an updated version (freeipmi-tools and additional packages), not in xenial
   • LSI StorCLI (storcli)
   • Adaptec arcconf CLI (arcconf)
   • Plugins for Icinga/Nagios (nagios-plugins-thomas-krenn, nagios-plugins-thomas-krenn-3rd-party)
   • TKalert (tkalert), not in xenial

Integrating the Repository

To integrate the Thomas Krenn Ubuntu Repositories in your Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04 or 16.04 system, perform the following steps:

16.04 Xenial

1. Embed the Thomas Krenn Apt-Key (this is used to verify signatures when installing packages):

   wget -O - https://archive.thomas-krenn.com/tk-archive.gpg.pub | sudo apt-key add -

2. Embed Thomas Krenn Ubuntu Repository:

   cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d

   sudo wget https://archive.thomas-krenn.com/tk-main-xenial.list (to integrate the main component)

   sudo wget https://archive.thomas-krenn.com/tk-optional-xenial.list (to integrate the optional component)

   cd

   sudo apt-get update

14.04 Trusty

1. Embed the Thomas Krenn Apt-Key (this is used to verify signatures when installing packages):

   wget -O - https://archive.thomas-krenn.com/tk-archive.gpg.pub | sudo apt-key add -

2. Embed Thomas Krenn Ubuntu Repository:

   cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d

   sudo wget https://archive.thomas-krenn.com/tk-main-trusty.list (to integrate the main component)

   sudo wget https://archive.thomas-krenn.com/tk-optional-trusty.list (to integrate the optional component)

   cd

   sudo apt-get update

12.04 Precise

1. Embed the Thomas Krenn Apt-Key (this is used to verify signatures when installing packages):

   wget -O - https://archive.thomas-krenn.com/tk-archive.gpg.pub | sudo apt-key add -

2. Embed Thomas Krenn Ubuntu Repository:

   cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d

   sudo wget https://archive.thomas-krenn.com/tk-main.list (to integrate the main component)

   sudo wget https://archive.thomas-krenn.com/tk-optional.list (to integrate the optional component)

   cd

   sudo apt-get update

Installing a Package

After configuration is complete, you can install packages from the Thomas Krenn Ubuntu Repository, as is shown in the following example:

:~$ apt-cache search storcli
storcli - LSI Logic MegaRAID SAS CLI
:~$ sudo apt-get install storcli
[sudo] password for tktest: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  storcli
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 68 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,385 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 https://archive.thomas-krenn.com/packages/ precise/optional storcli amd64 1.03.11-1 [1,385 kB]
Fetched 1,385 kB in 2s (618 kB/s)    
Selecting previously unselected package storcli.
(Reading database ... 71548 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking storcli (from .../storcli_1.03.11-1_amd64.deb) ...
Setting up storcli (1.03.11-1) ...