How To Install mod_ldap on CentOS 8

mod_ldap is LDAP authentication modules for the Apache HTTP Server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_ldap on CentOS 8.

What is mod_ldap

The mod_ldap and mod_authnz_ldap modules add support for LDAP authentication to the Apache HTTP Server.

We can use yum or dnf to install mod_ldap on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_ldap.

Install mod_ldap 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_ldap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_ldap

Install mod_ldap 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_ldap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_ldap

How To Uninstall mod_ldap on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the mod_ldap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mod_ldap

mod_ldap Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/01-ldap.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/65f8c959f477a552546bf4fbd271db3b3ea4db
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/f2e81dde51049a2189695e70c35f78ca275f2a
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_ldap.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_ldap on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.