How To Install ocspd on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocspd in Fedora 36. ocspd is OpenCA OCSP Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocspd on Fedora 36.

What is `ocspd`

The ocspd is an RFC2560 compliant OCSPD responder. It can be used to verify the status of a certificate using OCSP clients (such as Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird/Apache).

We can use yum or dnf to install ocspd on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocspd.

Install ocspd 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 ocspd using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ocspd

Install ocspd 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 ocspd using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ocspd

How To Uninstall ocspd on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ocspd

ocspd Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/ocspd
/etc/ocspd/certs
/etc/ocspd/crls
/etc/ocspd/ocspd.conf
/etc/ocspd/private
/etc/sysconfig/ocspd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/3ca99de4d18295ab336efbb807b2b145dd1be4
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ocspd.service
/usr/sbin/ocspd
/usr/share/doc/ocspd
/usr/share/doc/ocspd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ocspd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ocspd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ocspd/README
/usr/share/man/man3/ocspd.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/ocspd.conf.3.gz

References

ocspd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocspd on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).