Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 8.
What is bind-pkcs11
This is a version of BIND server built with native PKCS#11 functionality. It is important to have SoftHSM v2+ installed and some token initialized. For other supported HSM modules please check the BIND documentation.
We can use yum or dnf to install bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bind-pkcs11.
Install bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bind-pkcs11 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install bind-pkcs11
Install bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install bind-pkcs11 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install bind-pkcs11
How To Uninstall bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the bind-pkcs11 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove bind-pkcs11
bind-pkcs11 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/8487433fe8ae181c75d8cb06f04dcf001f3ec5
/usr/lib/systemd/system/named-pkcs11.service
/usr/libexec/setup-named-softhsm.sh
/usr/sbin/named-pkcs11
/usr/share/man/man8/named-pkcs11.8.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/2b99c3583cead017ca469590d1fa9f126919d3
/usr/lib/systemd/system/named-pkcs11.service
/usr/libexec/setup-named-softhsm.sh
/usr/sbin/named-pkcs11
/usr/share/man/man8/named-pkcs11.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bind-pkcs11 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
