How To Install myproxy on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install myproxy on CentOS 8.
What is myproxy
MyProxy is open source software for managing X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) security credentials (certificates and private keys). MyProxy combines an online credential repository with an online certificate authority to allow users to securely obtain credentials when and where needed. Users run myproxy-logon to authenticate and obtain credentials, including trusted CA certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs).
We can use yum or dnf to install myproxy on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install myproxy.
Install myproxy 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 myproxy using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install myproxy
Install myproxy 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 myproxy using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install myproxy
How To Uninstall myproxy on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the myproxy package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove myproxy
myproxy Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/myproxy-change-pass-phrase
/usr/bin/myproxy-destroy
/usr/bin/myproxy-get-delegation
/usr/bin/myproxy-get-trustroots
/usr/bin/myproxy-info
/usr/bin/myproxy-init
/usr/bin/myproxy-logon
/usr/bin/myproxy-retrieve
/usr/bin/myproxy-store
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/39c2d8dab7c1207be909b2c8787a18b139d44b
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/39c2d8dab7c1207be909b2c8787a18b139d44b.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/e73210e2624016acda137d1395bd46b82ab463
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/99c9d15480bb7ac8175c08178cb49be0273129
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/dc1558dfa6c0ae8976f332d3876da660bf9741
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/75184e1072c415d01cce61f7e6d4875b6fb195
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3
/usr/lib/.build-id/c3/ac06ddfa05f46069c89a43f640ca61594cdd23
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/1e2dcd2522edaecac82de5ea9f7d304ccdf294
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/cec9479d150818e3e31017707890a7d2a2484c
/usr/share/man/man1/myproxy-change-pass-phrase.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myproxy-destroy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myproxy-get-delegation.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myproxy-get-trustroots.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myproxy-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myproxy-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myproxy-logon.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myproxy-retrieve.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/myproxy-store.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install myproxy on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
