How To Install softhsm on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install softhsm
on CentOS 7.
What is softhsm
NOTE Management. OpenDNSSEC is providing a software implementation of a generic cryptographic device with a PKCS#11 interface, the SoftHSM. SoftHSM is designed to meet the requirements of OpenDNSSEC, but can also work together with other cryptographic products because of the PKCS#11 interface.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install softhsm
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install softhsm.
Install softhsm on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install softhsm
using yum
by running the following command:
Install softhsm 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 softhsm
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall softhsm on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the softhsm
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install softhsm
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.