How To Install cryptsetup-reencrypt on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-reencrypt on CentOS 7. cryptsetup-reencrypt is A utility for offline reencryption of LUKS encrypted disks.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-reencrypt on CentOS 7.

What is cryptsetup-reencrypt

This package contains cryptsetup-reencrypt utility which can be used for offline reencryption of disk in situ. Also includes dracut module required to perform reencryption of device containing a root filesystem.

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

Install cryptsetup-reencrypt on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cryptsetup-reencrypt

Install cryptsetup-reencrypt 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 cryptsetup-reencrypt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cryptsetup-reencrypt

How To Uninstall cryptsetup-reencrypt on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the cryptsetup-reencrypt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cryptsetup-reencrypt

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Summary

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