How To Install perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache on Rocky Linux 8. perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache is Cache credentials respecting expiration time for IAM roles

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache on Rocky Linux 8.

What is perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache

This Perl package provides a cache for an EC2’s IAM credentials. Rather than retrieving the credentials for every possible call that uses them, cache them until they expire and retrieve them again if they have expired.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache.

Install perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache 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 perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache

Install perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache 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 perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache

How To Uninstall perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache

perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache
/usr/share/doc/perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache/README
/usr/share/licenses/perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache
/usr/share/licenses/perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/VM::EC2::Security::CredentialCache.3pm.gz
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/VM
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/VM/EC2
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/VM/EC2/Security
/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/VM/EC2/Security/CredentialCache.pm

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-VM-EC2-Security-CredentialCache on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.