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