How To Install racoon2 on Fedora 34

racoon2 is An implementation of key management system for IPsec

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install racoon2 on Fedora 34.

What is `racoon2`

The Racoon2 project is a joint effort which provides an implementation of key management system for IPsec. The implementation is called Racoon2, a successor of Racoon, which was developed by the KAME project. It supports IKEv1, IKEv2, and KINK protocols. It works on FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, and Mac OS X.

We can use yum or dnf to install racoon2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install racoon2.

Install racoon2 on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install racoon2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install racoon2

Install racoon2 on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install racoon2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install racoon2

How To Uninstall racoon2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the racoon2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove racoon2

racoon2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/racoon2
/etc/racoon2/cert
/etc/racoon2/default.conf
/etc/racoon2/hook
/etc/racoon2/hook/child-down
/etc/racoon2/hook/child-rekey
/etc/racoon2/hook/child-up
/etc/racoon2/hook/child-up.d/00childup_sample
/etc/racoon2/hook/functions
/etc/racoon2/hook/ikesa-down
/etc/racoon2/hook/ikesa-rekey
/etc/racoon2/hook/ikesa-up
/etc/racoon2/hook/ikesa-up.d/00ikesaup_sample
/etc/racoon2/hook/migration
/etc/racoon2/hook/ph1-down
/etc/racoon2/hook/ph1-up
/etc/racoon2/local-test.conf
/etc/racoon2/psk
/etc/racoon2/racoon2.conf
/etc/racoon2/transport_ike.conf
/etc/racoon2/transport_kink.conf
/etc/racoon2/tunnel_ike.conf
/etc/racoon2/tunnel_ike_natt.conf
/etc/racoon2/tunnel_kink.conf
/etc/racoon2/vals.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/539b4dcd803ce868a645f0a622790b580b7641
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/eee41296803ca76484eedb3a076542cde6fea8
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/3da9f3bc40217b49eec9db0a9681a91bada921
/usr/lib/systemd/system/racoon2.service
/usr/sbin/racoon2
/usr/sbin/racoon2-iked
/usr/sbin/racoon2-pskgen
/usr/sbin/racoon2-spmd
/usr/sbin/racoon2-spmdctl
/usr/share/man/man8/racoon2-iked.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/racoon2-pskgen.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/racoon2-spmd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/racoon2-spmdctl.8.gz
/var/run/racoon2

References

racoon2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install racoon2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.