How To Install sssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. sssd.x86_64 is System Security Services Daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is sssd.x86_64

Provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It provides an NSS and PAM interface toward the system and a pluggable backend system to connect to multiple different account sources. It is also the basis to provide client auditing and policy services for projects like FreeIPA. The sssd subpackage is a meta-package that contains the deamon as well as all the existing back ends.

We can use yum to install sssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sssd.x86_64.

Install sssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install sssd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd.x86_64

How To Uninstall sssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the sssd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove sssd.x86_64

sssd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/licenses/sssd-1.16.5
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-1.16.5/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.