How To Install bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 7.

What is bind-pkcs11

This is a version of BIND server built with native PKCS#11 functionality. It is important to have SoftHSM v2+ installed and some token initialized. For other supported HSM modules please check the BIND documentation. This version of BIND binary is supported only in setup with the IPA server.

We can use yum or dnf to install bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bind-pkcs11.

Install bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install bind-pkcs11 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bind-pkcs11

Install bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install bind-pkcs11 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bind-pkcs11

How To Uninstall bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove bind-pkcs11

References

• bind-pkcs11 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.