How To Install tpm2-pkcs11 on CentOS 8

tpm2-pkcs11 is PKCS#11 interface for TPM 2.0 hardware

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-pkcs11 on CentOS 8.

What is tpm2-pkcs11

PKCS #11 is a Public-Key Cryptography Standard that defines a standard method to access cryptographic services from tokens/ devices such as hardware security modules (HSM), smart cards, etc. In this project we intend to use a TPM2 device as the cryptographic token.

We can use yum or dnf to install tpm2-pkcs11 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tpm2-pkcs11.

Install tpm2-pkcs11 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 tpm2-pkcs11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tpm2-pkcs11

Install tpm2-pkcs11 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 tpm2-pkcs11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tpm2-pkcs11

How To Uninstall tpm2-pkcs11 on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the tpm2-pkcs11 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tpm2-pkcs11

tpm2-pkcs11 Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/fbe94a09633216a314bee506569f27c8d43e0d
/usr/lib64/pkcs11
/usr/lib64/pkcs11/libtpm2_pkcs11.so
/usr/lib64/pkcs11/libtpm2_pkcs11.so.0
/usr/lib64/pkcs11/libtpm2_pkcs11.so.0.0.0
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-pkcs11
/usr/share/licenses/tpm2-pkcs11/LICENSE
/usr/share/p11-kit/modules/tpm2_pkcs11.module

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tpm2-pkcs11 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.