How To Install mod_lookup_identity on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_lookup_identity on Rocky Linux 8.
What is mod_lookup_identity
mod_lookup_identity can retrieve additional pieces of information about user authenticated in Apache httpd server and store these values in notes/environment variables to be consumed by web applications. Use of REMOTE_USER_* environment variables is recommended.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_lookup_identity on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_lookup_identity.
Install mod_lookup_identity 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_lookup_identity using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_lookup_identity
Install mod_lookup_identity 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_lookup_identity using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_lookup_identity
How To Uninstall mod_lookup_identity on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the mod_lookup_identity package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_lookup_identity
mod_lookup_identity Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/httpd/conf.d/lookup_identity.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/55-lookup_identity.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/3138683281fcf14c54b9102280eac4b9a86c72
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_lookup_identity.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_lookup_identity
/usr/share/doc/mod_lookup_identity/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mod_lookup_identity/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_lookup_identity on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
