Install Phyton3, the Phyton package manager and dependencies:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-venv libssl-dev libffi-dev python3-dev libsqlite3-dev

Verify the installation:

pip3 --version

Create a virtual environment and activate it:

python3 -m venv pykmip-env
source pykmip-env/bin/activate

To deactivate the virtual environment, enter deactivate within the virtual environment

To manage packages you can use:

pip3 install package_name
pip3 install --upgrade package_name
pip3 uninstall package_name

Once inside your virtual environment, upgrade pip and install the pykmip library:

pip install --upgrade pip
pip install pykmip

Verify the installation:

python3 -c "import kmip; print(kmip.__version__)"

Create folder /var/log/pykmip with ownership root:user and permissions 770

Start the server:

sudo pykmip-server -c ./pykmip-env/server.conf

The configuration file:

[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