How To Install ocspd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocspd on Rocky Linux 8. ocspd is OpenCA OCSP Daemon

Introduction

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

What is ocspd

The ocspd is an RFC2560 compliant OCSPD responder. It can be used to verify the status of a certificate using OCSP clients (such as Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird/Apache).

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

Install ocspd 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 ocspd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ocspd

Install ocspd 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 ocspd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ocspd

How To Uninstall ocspd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ocspd

ocspd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/ocspd
/etc/ocspd/certs
/etc/ocspd/crls
/etc/ocspd/ocspd.conf
/etc/ocspd/private
/etc/sysconfig/ocspd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/67e3f200a6f0ff981132cd75be331cb6e1734b
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ocspd.service
/usr/sbin/ocspd
/usr/share/doc/ocspd
/usr/share/doc/ocspd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ocspd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ocspd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ocspd/README
/usr/share/man/man3/ocspd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ocspd.conf.3.gz

References

Summary

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