Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-dracut on CentOS 8.
What is clevis-dracut
Automatically unlocks LUKS block devices in early boot.
We can use yum or dnf to install clevis-dracut on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install clevis-dracut.
Install clevis-dracut 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 clevis-dracut using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install clevis-dracut
Install clevis-dracut 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 clevis-dracut using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install clevis-dracut
How To Uninstall clevis-dracut on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the clevis-dracut package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove clevis-dracut
clevis-dracut Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/60clevis
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/60clevis-pin-sss
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/60clevis-pin-sss/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/60clevis-pin-tang
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/60clevis-pin-tang/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/60clevis-pin-tpm2
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/60clevis-pin-tpm2/module-setup.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/60clevis/clevis-hook.sh
/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/60clevis/module-setup.sh
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-dracut on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
