How To Install mod_auth_gssapi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_gssapi on Rocky Linux 8. mod_auth_gssapi is A GSSAPI Authentication module for Apache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_gssapi on Rocky Linux 8.

What is mod_auth_gssapi

The mod_auth_gssapi module is an authentication service that implements the SPNEGO based HTTP Authentication protocol defined in RFC4559.

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

Install mod_auth_gssapi 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 mod_auth_gssapi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_auth_gssapi

Install mod_auth_gssapi 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 mod_auth_gssapi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_auth_gssapi

How To Uninstall mod_auth_gssapi on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mod_auth_gssapi package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mod_auth_gssapi

mod_auth_gssapi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-auth_gssapi.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/2c620085c5ac6f150218039878a36e47661981
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_auth_gssapi.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_gssapi
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_gssapi/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_gssapi/README

References

Summary

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