How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on CentOS 8.
What is libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
The secret driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing an implementation of the secret key APIs.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret.
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-secret using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-secret using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-secret package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
libvirt-daemon-driver-secret Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/libvirt/virtsecretd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/daaed016613cba901602da6ccf87266c18eb1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/2d8faeda5a8413ff3ec1731abe1748fb2ca9ce
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtsecretd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtsecretd-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtsecretd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtsecretd.socket
/usr/lib64/libvirt/connection-driver/libvirt_driver_secret.so
/usr/sbin/virtsecretd
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtsecretd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtsecretd.aug
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.