How To Install sssd-ipa on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-ipa on Rocky Linux 8. sssd-ipa is The IPA back end of the SSSD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-ipa on Rocky Linux 8.

What is sssd-ipa

Provides the IPA back end that the SSSD can utilize to fetch identity data from and authenticate against an IPA server.

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

Install sssd-ipa 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 sssd-ipa using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sssd-ipa

Install sssd-ipa 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 sssd-ipa using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd-ipa

How To Uninstall sssd-ipa on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the sssd-ipa package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sssd-ipa

sssd-ipa Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/1b53b784f2633b3a2a3e22d58fe09b2fb994fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/43f991001f9dd501074c9fedd5df49b1af4657
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_ipa.so
/usr/libexec/sssd/selinux_child
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ipa
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ipa/COPYING
/usr/share/man/es/man5/sssd-ipa.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ipa.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ipa.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ipa.5.gz
/var/lib/sss/keytabs
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/47d9bca42dc2d588e61837262ea376444a058e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/c74f6ce5bed1bded0c8276e5d1d0a91ec25612
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_ipa.so
/usr/libexec/sssd/selinux_child
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ipa
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-ipa/COPYING
/usr/share/man/es/man5/sssd-ipa.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sssd-ipa.5.gz
/usr/share/man/sv/man5/sssd-ipa.5.gz
/usr/share/man/uk/man5/sssd-ipa.5.gz
/var/lib/sss/keytabs

References

Summary

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