How To Install dracut-fips-aesni on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-fips-aesni on CentOS 7. dracut-fips-aesni is dracut modules to build a dracut initramfs with an integrity check

Introduction

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

What is dracut-fips-aesni

This package requires everything which is needed to build an initramfs with dracut, which does an integrity check and adds the aesni-intel kernel module.

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

Install dracut-fips-aesni on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install dracut-fips-aesni

Install dracut-fips-aesni 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 dracut-fips-aesni using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dracut-fips-aesni

How To Uninstall dracut-fips-aesni on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove dracut-fips-aesni

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Summary

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