How To Install opencryptoki on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opencryptoki on CentOS 8.
What is opencryptoki
Opencryptoki implements the PKCS#11 specification v2.11 for a set of cryptographic hardware, such as IBM 4764 and 4765 crypto cards, and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip. Opencryptoki also brings a software token implementation that can be used without any cryptographic hardware. This package contains the Slot Daemon (pkcsslotd) and general utilities.
We can use yum or dnf to install opencryptoki on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install opencryptoki.
Install opencryptoki 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 opencryptoki using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install opencryptoki
Install opencryptoki 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 opencryptoki using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install opencryptoki
How To Uninstall opencryptoki on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the opencryptoki package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove opencryptoki
opencryptoki Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/opencryptoki
/etc/opencryptoki/opencryptoki.conf
/run/lock/opencryptoki
/run/lock/opencryptoki/icsf
/run/lock/opencryptoki/swtok
/run/lock/opencryptoki/tpm
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/1f333beb1d42ff97350181488247fc154a8fb8
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/9f63ac605084c6d40e99f469a999ce2a9b609c
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/7531e806c368b309f5e1c88484f56a4f032f81
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/92e61c40fa1b903726ae1249a9d266a74dd291
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pkcsslotd.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/opencryptoki.conf
/usr/lib64/opencryptoki/methods
/usr/lib64/pkcs11/methods
/usr/sbin/p11sak
/usr/sbin/pkcsconf
/usr/sbin/pkcsslotd
/usr/sbin/pkcstok_migrate
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki/README.md
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki/README.token_data
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki/opencryptoki-howto.md
/usr/share/man/man1/p11sak.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pkcsconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pkcstok_migrate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/opencryptoki.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/opencryptoki.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pkcsslotd.8.gz
/var/lib/opencryptoki
/var/log/opencryptoki
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opencryptoki on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.