How To Install clevis-dracut on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-dracut on CentOS 7. clevis-dracut is Dracut integration for clevis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-dracut on CentOS 7.

What is clevis-dracut

Automatically unlocks LUKSv1 block devices in early boot.

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

Install clevis-dracut on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install clevis-dracut

Install clevis-dracut 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 clevis-dracut using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install clevis-dracut

How To Uninstall clevis-dracut on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the clevis-dracut package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove clevis-dracut

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Summary

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