Installing the rngd service

  1. Access the server through SSH with an account with administrative privileges;

  2. Install the rng-tools package with the following command:

    yum install rng-tools
  3. Configure the rngd service with the following command:

    echo 'EXTRAOPTIONS="-i -o /dev/random -r /dev/urandom -t 10 -W 2048"' > /etc/sysconfig/rngd
  4. Enable and start the rngd service:

    systemctl enable rngd
    systemctl start rngd