How To Install testssl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install testssl on Rocky Linux 8. testssl is Testing TLS/SSL encryption

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install testssl on Rocky Linux 8.

What is testssl

testssl.sh is a free command line tool which checks a server’s service on any port for the support of TLS/SSL ciphers, protocols as well as recent cryptographic flaws and more.

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

Install testssl 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 testssl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install testssl

Install testssl 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 testssl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install testssl

How To Uninstall testssl on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the testssl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove testssl

testssl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/testssl
/usr/share/doc/testssl
/usr/share/doc/testssl/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/testssl/Readme.md
/usr/share/licenses/testssl
/usr/share/licenses/testssl/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/testssl.1.gz
/usr/share/testssl
/usr/share/testssl/etc
/usr/share/testssl/etc/README.md
/usr/share/testssl/etc/ca_hashes.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/cipher-mapping.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/client-simulation.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/common-primes.txt
/usr/share/testssl/etc/tls_data.txt

References

Summary

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