How To Install tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64 is Management tools using PKCS#11 for the TPM hardware

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64

tpm-tools-pkcs11 is a group of tools that use the TPM PKCS#11 token. All data contained in the PKCS#11 data store is protected by the TPM (keys, certificates, etc.). You can import keys and certificates, list out the objects in the data store, and protect data.

We can use yum to install tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64.

Install tpm-tools-pkcs11.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 tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64

How To Uninstall tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64

tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/tpmtoken_import
/usr/bin/tpmtoken_init
/usr/bin/tpmtoken_objects
/usr/bin/tpmtoken_protect
/usr/bin/tpmtoken_setpasswd
/usr/share/doc/tpm-tools-pkcs11-1.3.9
/usr/share/doc/tpm-tools-pkcs11-1.3.9/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/tpmtoken_import.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tpmtoken_init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tpmtoken_objects.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tpmtoken_protect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tpmtoken_setpasswd.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm-tools-pkcs11.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.