How To Install rpki-client on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpki-client on Rocky Linux 8. rpki-client is RPKI validator to support BGP Origin Validation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rpki-client on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `rpki-client`

The OpenBSD rpki-client is a free, easy-to-use implementation of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) for Relying Parties (RP) to facilitate validation of the Route Origin of a BGP announcement. The program queries the RPKI repository system, downloads and validates Route Origin Authorisations (ROAs) and finally outputs Validated ROA Payloads (VRPs) in the configuration format of OpenBGPD, BIRD, and also as CSV or JSON objects for consumption by other routing stacks.

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

Install rpki-client 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 rpki-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rpki-client

Install rpki-client 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 rpki-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rpki-client

How To Uninstall rpki-client on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the rpki-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rpki-client

rpki-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/pki/tals
/etc/pki/tals/afrinic.tal
/etc/pki/tals/apnic.tal
/etc/pki/tals/lacnic.tal
/etc/pki/tals/ripe.tal
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/2b28ada21a3f75e72c43e9a5189d560c906f06
/usr/sbin/rpki-client
/usr/share/doc/rpki-client
/usr/share/doc/rpki-client/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/rpki-client/README.md
/usr/share/doc/rpki-client/TALs.md
/usr/share/licenses/rpki-client
/usr/share/licenses/rpki-client/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man8/rpki-client.8.gz
/var/cache/rpki-client
/var/lib/rpki-client

References

rpki-client website

Summary

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