How To Install freeradius-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-mysql on Rocky Linux 8. freeradius-mysql is MySQL support for freeradius

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-mysql on Rocky Linux 8.

What is freeradius-mysql

This plugin provides the MySQL support for the FreeRADIUS server project.

We can use yum or dnf to install freeradius-mysql on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freeradius-mysql.

Install freeradius-mysql on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install freeradius-mysql using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install freeradius-mysql

Install freeradius-mysql on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install freeradius-mysql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install freeradius-mysql

How To Uninstall freeradius-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the freeradius-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove freeradius-mysql

freeradius-mysql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/counter/mysql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/counter/mysql/dailycounter.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/counter/mysql/expire_on_login.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/counter/mysql/monthlycounter.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/counter/mysql/noresetcounter.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/cui/mysql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/cui/mysql/queries.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/cui/mysql/schema.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/ippool-dhcp/mysql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/ippool-dhcp/mysql/queries.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/ippool-dhcp/mysql/schema.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/ippool/mysql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/ippool/mysql/procedure.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/ippool/mysql/queries.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/ippool/mysql/schema.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/mysql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/mysql/extras
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/mysql/extras/wimax
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/mysql/extras/wimax/queries.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/mysql/extras/wimax/schema.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/mysql/queries.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/mysql/schema.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/mysql/setup.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/ndb
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/ndb/README
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/ndb/schema.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/ndb/setup.sql
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/2ffb11666e60353652e467e7a2071287480ad8
/usr/lib64/freeradius/rlm_sql_mysql.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-mysql on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.