How To Install bind-pkcs11 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-pkcs11 on Rocky Linux 8. bind-pkcs11 is Bind with native PKCS#11 functionality for crypto

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-pkcs11 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `bind-pkcs11`

This is a version of BIND server built with native PKCS#11 functionality. It is important to have SoftHSM v2+ installed and some token initialized. For other supported HSM modules please check the BIND documentation.

We can use yum or dnf to install bind-pkcs11 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bind-pkcs11.

Install bind-pkcs11 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bind-pkcs11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bind-pkcs11

Install bind-pkcs11 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bind-pkcs11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bind-pkcs11

How To Uninstall bind-pkcs11 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the bind-pkcs11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bind-pkcs11

bind-pkcs11 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/29ef699b0361c12d5f5c292a49d9714bff21cb
/usr/lib/systemd/system/named-pkcs11.service
/usr/libexec/setup-named-softhsm.sh
/usr/sbin/named-pkcs11
/usr/share/man/man8/named-pkcs11.8.gz

References

bind-pkcs11 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-pkcs11 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.