Install PKI Express on Ubuntu or Mint

In order to install PKI Express on Ubuntu (desktop or server) or on Linux Mint you will need a license file. If you don't have a license yet, request a trial license.

With the license file (LacunaPkiLicense.config) at hand, follow the steps below:

Installing PKI Express

Download PKI Express and extract to the destination directory:

wget https://cdn.lacunasoftware.com/pki-express/linux/pkie-1.31.2.tar.gz
sudo mkdir /usr/share/pkie
sudo tar xzf pkie-1.31.2.tar.gz -C /usr/share/pkie
sudo chmod +x /usr/share/pkie/pkie
sudo ln -s /usr/share/pkie/pkie /usr/local/bin/pkie

Create a folder to write log files and configure it on PKI Express:

sudo mkdir /var/log/pkie
sudo chmod 777 /var/log/pkie
sudo pkie config --set logDir=/var/log/pkie

Activate PKI Express:

sudo pkie activate LacunaPkiLicense.config

Note

If the activation over the network fails, see Manual activation.

Update

To update PKI Express, simply download the new package and extract to the destination folder:

wget https://cdn.lacunasoftware.com/pki-express/linux/pkie-1.31.2.tar.gz
sudo rm -R /usr/share/pkie/*
sudo tar xzf pkie-1.31.2.tar.gz -C /usr/share/pkie
sudo chmod -R a=r,a+X,u+w /usr/share/pkie

Note

If you are updating from a version 1.0.x, you will need to configure the log folder and activate PKI Express (see instructions above)