How To Install ipsec-tools on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipsec-tools on CentOS 7.
What is ipsec-tools
This package contains tools necessary for establishing keys for IPSEC connections including the rekeying during the connection lifetime. The main tools of this package are - setkey, a program to directly manipulate policies and SAs in the kernel - racoon, an IKEv1 keying daemon
We can use yum or dnf to install ipsec-tools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ipsec-tools.
Install ipsec-tools on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install ipsec-tools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ipsec-tools
Install ipsec-tools 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 ipsec-tools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ipsec-tools
How To Uninstall ipsec-tools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the ipsec-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ipsec-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ipsec-tools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
