How To Install dnssec-trigger.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnssec-trigger.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. dnssec-trigger.x86_64 is NetworkManager plugin to update/reconfigure DNSSEC resolving

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnssec-trigger.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `dnssec-trigger.x86_64`

dnssec-trigger reconfigures the local unbound DNS server. This unbound DNS server performs DNSSEC validation, but dnssec-trigger will signal it to use the DHCP obtained forwarders if possible, and fallback to doing its own AUTH queries if that fails, and if that fails prompt the user via dnssec-trigger-applet the option to go with insecure DNS only.

We can use yum to install dnssec-trigger.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dnssec-trigger.x86_64.

Install dnssec-trigger.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dnssec-trigger.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dnssec-trigger.x86_64

How To Uninstall dnssec-trigger.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the dnssec-trigger.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove dnssec-trigger.x86_64

dnssec-trigger.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01-dnssec-trigger-hook
/etc/dnssec-trigger
/etc/dnssec-trigger/dnssec-trigger.conf
/etc/dnssec.conf
/etc/xdg/autostart/dnssec-trigger-panel.desktop
/usr/bin/dnssec-trigger
/usr/bin/dnssec-trigger-panel
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnssec-triggerd-keygen.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnssec-triggerd-resolvconf-handle.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/dnssec-triggerd.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/dnssec-trigger.conf
/usr/libexec/dnssec-triggerd-resolvconf-handle.sh
/usr/sbin/dnssec-trigger-control
/usr/sbin/dnssec-trigger-control-setup
/usr/sbin/dnssec-triggerd
/usr/share/applications/dnssec-trigger-panel.desktop
/usr/share/dnssec-trigger
/usr/share/dnssec-trigger/pui.xml
/usr/share/dnssec-trigger/status-icon-alert.png
/usr/share/dnssec-trigger/status-icon.png
/usr/share/doc/dnssec-trigger-0.11
/usr/share/doc/dnssec-trigger-0.11/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/dnssec-trigger-0.11/README
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-trigger-control-setup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-trigger-control.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-trigger.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-trigger.conf.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dnssec-triggerd.8.gz
/var/run/dnssec-trigger

References

dnssec-trigger.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dnssec-trigger.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.