How To Install mod_ldap on CentOS 8
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.
