How To Install freeradius-postgresql on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-postgresql on CentOS 8.
What is freeradius-postgresql
This plugin provides the postgresql support for the FreeRADIUS server project.
We can use yum or dnf to install freeradius-postgresql on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freeradius-postgresql.
Install freeradius-postgresql on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install freeradius-postgresql using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install freeradius-postgresql
Install freeradius-postgresql on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install freeradius-postgresql using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install freeradius-postgresql
How To Uninstall freeradius-postgresql on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the freeradius-postgresql package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove freeradius-postgresql
freeradius-postgresql Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/counter/postgresql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/counter/postgresql/dailycounter.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/counter/postgresql/expire_on_login.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/counter/postgresql/monthlycounter.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/counter/postgresql/noresetcounter.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/cui/postgresql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/cui/postgresql/queries.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/cui/postgresql/schema.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/ippool/postgresql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/ippool/postgresql/procedure.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/ippool/postgresql/queries.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/ippool/postgresql/schema.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/postgresql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/postgresql/extras
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/postgresql/extras/cisco_h323_db_schema.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/postgresql/extras/voip-postpaid.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/postgresql/queries.conf
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/postgresql/schema.sql
/etc/raddb/mods-config/sql/main/postgresql/setup.sql
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/1f2e610cb81d2e882c16f78463cf4e8d22bc57
/usr/lib64/freeradius/rlm_sql_postgresql.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeradius-postgresql on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.