How To Install mod_auth_mellon on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_mellon on CentOS 8.
What is mod_auth_mellon
The mod_auth_mellon module is an authentication service that implements the SAML 2.0 federation protocol. It grants access based on the attributes received in assertions generated by a IdP server.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_auth_mellon on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_auth_mellon.
Install mod_auth_mellon 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 mod_auth_mellon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_auth_mellon
Install mod_auth_mellon 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 mod_auth_mellon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_auth_mellon
How To Uninstall mod_auth_mellon on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mod_auth_mellon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_auth_mellon
mod_auth_mellon Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/httpd/conf.d/auth_mellon.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-auth_mellon.conf
/run/mod_auth_mellon
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/97b94b6d14e7b80194915f2a3f7aa95a033576
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mod_auth_mellon.conf
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_auth_mellon.so
/usr/libexec/mod_auth_mellon
/usr/libexec/mod_auth_mellon/mellon_create_metadata.sh
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/ECP.rst
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/README.md
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/README.redhat.rst
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/Guardfile
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/README
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images/chrome_SAML_Chrome_Panel.png
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images/chrome_SAML_Chrome_Panel.svg
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images/saml-tracer.png
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images/saml-tracer.svg
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images/saml-web-sso.svg
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/mellon_user_guide.adoc
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/mellon_user_guide.html
/usr/share/licenses/mod_auth_mellon
/usr/share/licenses/mod_auth_mellon/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_mellon on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.