How To Install opencryptoki.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencryptoki.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. opencryptoki.x86_64 is Implementation of the PKCS#11 (Cryptoki) specification v2.11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencryptoki.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `opencryptoki.x86_64`

Opencryptoki implements the PKCS#11 specification v2.11 for a set of cryptographic hardware, such as IBM 4764 and 4765 crypto cards, and the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip. Opencryptoki also brings a software token implementation that can be used without any cryptographic hardware. This package contains the Slot Daemon (pkcsslotd) and general utilities.

We can use yum to install opencryptoki.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install opencryptoki.x86_64.

Install opencryptoki.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install opencryptoki.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install opencryptoki.x86_64

How To Uninstall opencryptoki.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the opencryptoki.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove opencryptoki.x86_64

opencryptoki.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/opencryptoki
/etc/opencryptoki/opencryptoki.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pkcsslotd.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/opencryptoki.conf
/usr/lib64/opencryptoki/methods
/usr/lib64/pkcs11/methods
/usr/sbin/pkcsconf
/usr/sbin/pkcsslotd
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki-3.7.0
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki-3.7.0/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki-3.7.0/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki-3.7.0/README
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki-3.7.0/README.token_data
/usr/share/doc/opencryptoki-3.7.0/openCryptoki-HOWTO.pdf
/usr/share/man/man1/pkcsconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/opencryptoki.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/opencryptoki.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pkcsslotd.8.gz
/var/lib/opencryptoki
/var/lock/opencryptoki
/var/lock/opencryptoki/icsf
/var/lock/opencryptoki/swtok
/var/lock/opencryptoki/tpm
/var/log/opencryptoki

References

opencryptoki.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencryptoki.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.