To verify the rngd service startup

Purpose

Perform this procedure to ensure that the RHEL rngd service is loaded and running on each NFM-P component.

Note: If FIPS is enabled at the OS level, the procedure is not required, as the rngd service is disabled in RHEL 8.4 and later if FIPS is enabled.

Note: You must perform the steps on each NFM-P component station.

Steps
 

Log in as the root user on the station that hosts the OS.


Open a console window.


Enter the following:

systemctl status rngd.service ↵

The service status is displayed; if the status includes the following, the service is loaded and running:

   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rngd.service; enabled; vendor preset)

   Active: active (running) since timestampuptime

where

timestamp is the service startup time

uptime is the amount of time since the service startup


If the status output indicates that the service is not loaded and running, enter the following to start the service:

systemctl enable rngd.service

systemctl start rngd.service

The service starts.

End of steps