How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on Rocky Linux 8. libvirt-daemon-driver-secret is Secret driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libvirt-daemon-driver-secret`

The secret driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing an implementation of the secret key APIs.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret.

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-secret package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-secret

libvirt-daemon-driver-secret Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/libvirt/virtsecretd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/fc7609c2ffafd30960a5ad121d2da56c78c4d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/532e917d4d1a6c15de9ea02233407d1a2bcadc
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtsecretd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtsecretd-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtsecretd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtsecretd.socket
/usr/lib64/libvirt/connection-driver/libvirt_driver_secret.so
/usr/sbin/virtsecretd
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtsecretd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtsecretd.aug

References

libvirt-daemon-driver-secret website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.