How To Install softhsm on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install softhsm in Fedora 36. softhsm is Software version of a PKCS#11 Hardware Security Module

Introduction

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

What is softhsm

OpenDNSSEC is providing a software implementation of a generic cryptographic device with a PKCS#11 interface, the SoftHSM. SoftHSM is designed to meet the requirements of OpenDNSSEC, but can also work together with other cryptographic products because of the PKCS#11 interface.

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

Install softhsm 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 softhsm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install softhsm

Install softhsm 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 softhsm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install softhsm

How To Uninstall softhsm on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove softhsm

softhsm Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/softhsm2.conf
/usr/bin/softhsm2-dump-file
/usr/bin/softhsm2-keyconv
/usr/bin/softhsm2-migrate
/usr/bin/softhsm2-util
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/d34061006d2487abb9faaf2dc03307b0f7aee9
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/fd9d6543266a324463c12e081d51b9ab643301
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/0f7696978416786914dd09499ef25b57127007
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/2e83d0612af959da296aab9a24797a4ea29b7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/949d79c82b69cff029c46034af56dba633127f
/usr/lib64/libsofthsm2.so
/usr/lib64/pkcs11/libsofthsm2.so
/usr/lib64/softhsm
/usr/lib64/softhsm/libsofthsm.so
/usr/share/doc/softhsm
/usr/share/doc/softhsm/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/softhsm/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/softhsm/README.md
/usr/share/man/man1/softhsm2-dump-file.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/softhsm2-keyconv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/softhsm2-migrate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/softhsm2-util.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/softhsm2.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/p11-kit/modules/softhsm2.module
/var/lib/softhsm
/var/lib/softhsm/tokens

References

Summary

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