How To Install crypto-policies-scripts on CentOS 8
crypto-policies-scripts is Tool to switch between crypto policies
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-policies-scripts on CentOS 8.
What is crypto-policies-scripts
This package provides a tool update-crypto-policies, which applies the policies provided by the crypto-policies package. These can be either the pre-built policies from the base package or custom policies defined in simple policy definition files. The package also provides a tool fips-mode-setup, which can be used to enable or disable the system FIPS mode.
We can use yum or dnf to install crypto-policies-scripts on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install crypto-policies-scripts.
Install crypto-policies-scripts 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 crypto-policies-scripts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install crypto-policies-scripts
Install crypto-policies-scripts 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 crypto-policies-scripts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install crypto-policies-scripts
How To Uninstall crypto-policies-scripts on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the crypto-policies-scripts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove crypto-policies-scripts
crypto-policies-scripts Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/fips-finish-install
/usr/bin/fips-mode-setup
/usr/bin/update-crypto-policies
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/__pycache__
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/__pycache__/build-crypto-policies.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/__pycache__/build-crypto-policies.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/__pycache__/update-crypto-policies.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/__pycache__/update-crypto-policies.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/build-crypto-policies.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/cryptopolicies
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/cryptopolicies/__init__.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/cryptopolicies/__pycache__
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/cryptopolicies/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/cryptopolicies/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/cryptopolicies/__pycache__/cryptopolicies.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/cryptopolicies/__pycache__/cryptopolicies.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/cryptopolicies/cryptopolicies.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__init__.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/bind.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/bind.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/configgenerator.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/configgenerator.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/gnutls.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/gnutls.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/java.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/java.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/krb5.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/krb5.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/libreswan.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/libreswan.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/libssh.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/libssh.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/nss.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/nss.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/openssh.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/openssh.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/openssl.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/__pycache__/openssl.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/bind.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/configgenerator.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/gnutls.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/java.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/krb5.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/libreswan.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/libssh.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/nss.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/openssh.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/policygenerators/openssl.py
/usr/share/crypto-policies/python/update-crypto-policies.py
/usr/share/man/man8/fips-finish-install.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/fips-mode-setup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/update-crypto-policies.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install crypto-policies-scripts on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
