How To Install opencryptoki on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opencryptoki
on CentOS 7.
What is opencryptoki
Opencryptoki implements the PKCS#11 specification v2.11 for a set of cryptographic hardware, such as IBM 4764 and 4765 crypto cards, and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip. Opencryptoki also brings a software token implementation that can be used without any cryptographic hardware. This package contains the Slot Daemon (pkcsslotd) and general utilities. Opencryptoki implements the PKCS#11 specification v2.11 for a set of cryptographic hardware, such as IBM 4764 and 4765 crypto cards, and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip. Opencryptoki also brings a software token implementation that can be used without any cryptographic hardware. This package contains the Slot Daemon (pkcsslotd) and general utilities.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install opencryptoki
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install opencryptoki.
Install opencryptoki on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install opencryptoki
using yum
by running the following command:
Install opencryptoki 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.
After updating yum database, We can install opencryptoki
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall opencryptoki on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the opencryptoki
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opencryptoki
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.