How To Install mod_limitipconn on CentOS 8

mod_limitipconn is Simultaneous connection limiting module for Apache

Introduction

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

What is mod_limitipconn

Apache module which allows web server administrators to limit the number of simultaneous downloads permitted from a single IP address.

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

Install mod_limitipconn 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_limitipconn using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_limitipconn

Install mod_limitipconn 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_limitipconn using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_limitipconn

How To Uninstall mod_limitipconn on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove mod_limitipconn

mod_limitipconn Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-limitipconn.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/c5d3d92f93d7f6900d86dc019b587e299878c7
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_limitipconn.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_limitipconn
/usr/share/doc/mod_limitipconn/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/mod_limitipconn/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mod_limitipconn/README

References

Summary

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