How To Install clevis-systemd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-systemd on CentOS 8.
What is clevis-systemd
Automatically unlocks clevis-bound LUKS block devices during boot.
We can use yum or dnf to install clevis-systemd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clevis-systemd.
Install clevis-systemd 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 clevis-systemd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install clevis-systemd
Install clevis-systemd 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 clevis-systemd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install clevis-systemd
How To Uninstall clevis-systemd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the clevis-systemd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove clevis-systemd
clevis-systemd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/systemd/system/clevis-luks-askpass.path
/usr/lib/systemd/system/clevis-luks-askpass.service
/usr/libexec/clevis-luks-askpass
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-systemd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
