How To Install clevis on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis on Rocky Linux 8. clevis is Automated decryption framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis on Rocky Linux 8.

What is clevis

Clevis is a framework for automated decryption. It allows you to encrypt data using sophisticated unlocking policies which enable decryption to occur automatically. The clevis package provides basic encryption/decryption policy support. Users can use this directly; but most commonly, it will be used as a building block for other packages. For example, see the clevis-luks and clevis-dracut packages for automatic root volume unlocking of LUKS volumes during early boot.

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

Install clevis 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 clevis using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install clevis

Install clevis 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 clevis using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install clevis

How To Uninstall clevis on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the clevis package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove clevis

clevis Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/clevis
/usr/bin/clevis-decrypt
/usr/bin/clevis-decrypt-sss
/usr/bin/clevis-decrypt-tang
/usr/bin/clevis-decrypt-tpm2
/usr/bin/clevis-encrypt-sss
/usr/bin/clevis-encrypt-tang
/usr/bin/clevis-encrypt-tpm2
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/5de6683ae4b2f5405f8982ed04c02bb3d7e47b
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/eb80eac1f8e4ce3fef5c40b342034eb6503ef2
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/clevis
/usr/share/licenses/clevis
/usr/share/licenses/clevis/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/clevis-decrypt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/clevis-encrypt-sss.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/clevis-encrypt-tang.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/clevis-encrypt-tpm2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/clevis.1.gz

References

Summary

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