How To Install certmaster on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install certmaster on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is certmaster
certmaster is:
Certmaster is an easy mechanism for distributing SSL certificates.
- Certmaster is a set of tools and a library for easily distributing SSL certificates to applications that need them.
- Any application can use certmaster for easy exchange of SSL certificates.
- Certmaster has a Python API, and it also has a set of command-line tools
- `certmaster’ is a daemon that hands out certificates.
- `certmaster-ca’ is used to list and sign certificates when the arrive.
- `certmaster-request’ handles certificate requests.
- Autosigning of new certificate-requests is also supported, but is disabled by default.
- Configuration takes place via minimal text files.
- Certmaster has extensive audit logs of certificate operations.
- Certmaster originated in the Func project.
There are three methods to install certmaster on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install certmaster Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install certmaster using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install certmaster
Install certmaster Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install certmaster using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install certmaster
Install certmaster Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install certmaster using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install certmaster
How To Uninstall certmaster on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the certmaster package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove certmaster
Uninstall certmaster And Its Dependencies
To uninstall certmaster and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove certmaster
Remove certmaster Configurations and Data
To remove certmaster configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge certmaster
Remove certmaster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove certmaster configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge certmaster
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install certmaster package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
