How To Install openssh-server on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-server on Rocky Linux 8. openssh-server is An open source SSH server daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-server on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `openssh-server`

OpenSSH is a free version of SSH (Secure SHell), a program for logging into and executing commands on a remote machine. This package contains the secure shell daemon (sshd). The sshd daemon allows SSH clients to securely connect to your SSH server.

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

Install openssh-server 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 openssh-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openssh-server

Install openssh-server 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 openssh-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openssh-server

How To Uninstall openssh-server on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the openssh-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openssh-server

openssh-server Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pam.d/sshd
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
/etc/sysconfig/sshd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/3751f37fd56d7679544b4d0760abae06c3b47d
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/d962f9265d3a250286e1e5ba974088dfa89a61
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd-keygen.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/openssh.conf
/usr/libexec/openssh/sftp-server
/usr/libexec/openssh/sshd-keygen
/usr/sbin/sshd
/usr/share/man/man5/moduli.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sshd_config.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sftp-server.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sshd.8.gz
/var/empty/sshd

References

openssh-server website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openssh-server on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.