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--- deb13:kmip_server_pykmip [2026/08/21 14:02] – Bernard Condrau
+++ deb13:kmip_server_pykmip [2026/08/21 14:52] (current) – Bernard Condrau
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 ====== KMIP Server (PyKMIP) ======
-  * Install the Phyton package manager:<code>sudo apt install python3-pip</code>
+  * Install Phyton3, the Phyton package manager and dependencies:<code>sudo apt update
+sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-venv libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev libsqlite3-dev</code>
   * Verify the installation:<code>pip3 --version</code>
+  * Create a virtual environment and activate it:<code>python3 -m venv pykmip-env
+source pykmip-env/bin/activate</code>
+  * To deactivate the virtual environment, enter ''deactivate'' within the virtual environment
   * To manage packages you can use:<code>pip3 install package_name
 pip3 install --upgrade package_name
 pip3 uninstall package_name</code>
-  * Install PyKMIP:<code>pip3 install pykmip</code>
+  * Once inside your virtual environment, upgrade ''pip'' and install the ''pykmip'' library:<code>pip install --upgrade pip
-  *
+pip install pykmip</code>
+  * Verify the installation:<code>python3 -c "import kmip; print(kmip.__version__)"</code>
+  * Create folder ''/var/log/pykmip'' with ownership ''root:user'' and permissions ''770''
+  * Start the server:<code>sudo pykmip-server -c ./pykmip-env/server.conf</code>
+  * The configuration file:<code>[server]
+host = 127.0.0.1
+port = 5696
+certificate_path = ./certs/server.crt
+key_path = ./certs/server.key
+ca_path = ./certs/ca.crt
+auth_suite = TLS1.2
+logging_level = INFO
+database_path=/var/lib/pykmip/pykmip.db</code>
+check
+  * <code>sudo chmod -R o+rx /etc/letsencrypt/archive/
+sudo chmod -R o+rx /etc/letsencrypt/live/</code>
+  * <code>policy_path=/etc/pykmip/policies</code>

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