How To Install yubiserver on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yubiserver on Kali Linux.

What is yubiserver

yubiserver is:

Simple and lightweight Yubikey OTP and HOTP/OATH validation server to be used with Yubico’s Yubikey USB tokens including a powerful administration tool, yubiserver-admin, with which you can manage yubiserver’s database by adding,deleting,activating and deactivating users that validate with OTP or HOTP/OATH tokens.

Yubiserver implements Yubico’s server side API and can be used with Yubikey USB tokens and any other client that can implement the same API.

There are three methods to install yubiserver on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install yubiserver Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install yubiserver using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install yubiserver

Install yubiserver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install yubiserver using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yubiserver

Install yubiserver Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install yubiserver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yubiserver

How To Uninstall yubiserver on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove yubiserver

Uninstall yubiserver And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yubiserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yubiserver

Remove yubiserver Configurations and Data

To remove yubiserver configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yubiserver

Remove yubiserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove yubiserver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yubiserver

Dependencies

yubiserver have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libev4

References

• yubiserver website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yubiserver package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.