How To Install openssh-cavs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-cavs.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. openssh-cavs.x86_64 is CAVS tests for FIPS validation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-cavs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `openssh-cavs.x86_64`

This package contains test binaries and scripts to make FIPS validation easier. Now contains CTR and KDF CAVS test driver.

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

Install openssh-cavs.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 openssh-cavs.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openssh-cavs.x86_64

How To Uninstall openssh-cavs.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the openssh-cavs.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove openssh-cavs.x86_64

openssh-cavs.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/libexec/openssh/ctr-cavstest
/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-cavs
/usr/libexec/openssh/ssh-cavs_driver.pl

References

openssh-cavs.x86_64 website

Summary

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