How To Install cryptsetup-reencrypt on CentOS 7
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.
