How To Install tinyca2 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyca2 on CentOS 7. tinyca2 is TinyCA graphical openssl based CA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyca2 on CentOS 7.

What is tinyca2

TinyCA2 is a graphical tool written in Perl/Gtk to manage a small Certification Authority (CA) using openssl. TinyCA supports - creation and revocation of x509 - S/MIME certificates. - PKCS#10 requests. - exporting certificates as PEM, DER, TXT, and PKCS#12. - server certificates for use in web servers, email servers, IPsec, and more. - client certificates for use in web browsers, email clients, IPsec, and more. - creation and management of SubCAs

We can use yum or dnf to install tinyca2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tinyca2.

Install tinyca2 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install tinyca2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tinyca2

Install tinyca2 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.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install tinyca2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tinyca2

How To Uninstall tinyca2 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the tinyca2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tinyca2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tinyca2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.