How To Install certwatch-mod_ssl on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install certwatch-mod_ssl on CentOS 8.
What is certwatch-mod_ssl
The certwatch-mod_ssl package contains a cron script which runs a daily check for any expired or soon-to-expire certificates listed in the mod_ssl configuration.
We can use yum or dnf to install certwatch-mod_ssl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install certwatch-mod_ssl.
Install certwatch-mod_ssl on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install certwatch-mod_ssl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install certwatch-mod_ssl
Install certwatch-mod_ssl on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install certwatch-mod_ssl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install certwatch-mod_ssl
How To Uninstall certwatch-mod_ssl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the certwatch-mod_ssl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove certwatch-mod_ssl
certwatch-mod_ssl Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/cron.daily/certwatch
/etc/sysconfig/certwatch
/usr/share/man/man5/certwatch.cron.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install certwatch-mod_ssl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.