How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret in Fedora 36. libvirt-daemon-driver-secret is Secret driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on Fedora 36.

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 Fedora 36. 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 Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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 Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 Fedora 36

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 Fedora 36

/etc/libvirt/secrets
/etc/libvirt/virtsecretd.conf
/run/libvirt/secrets
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/fcac78839f37bc4aa63fd3feb981ba1034aedd
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/0bafc0e6a01ea77d658abfd03628c31f1f6cc6
/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
/usr/share/man/man8/virtsecretd.8.gz

References

libvirt-daemon-driver-secret website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).