How To Install mod_ssl on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_ssl on CentOS 8.
What is mod_ssl
The mod_ssl module provides strong cryptography for the Apache Web server via the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_ssl on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_ssl.
Install mod_ssl 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_ssl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_ssl
Install mod_ssl 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_ssl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_ssl
How To Uninstall mod_ssl on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the mod_ssl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_ssl
mod_ssl Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/00-ssl.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/2efdcc9bce8838f61349acf4a6f13cfd55460e
/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd-init.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.socket.d/10-listen443.conf
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_ssl.so
/usr/libexec/httpd-ssl-gencerts
/usr/libexec/httpd-ssl-pass-dialog
/usr/share/man/man8/httpd-init.service.8.gz
/var/cache/httpd/ssl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_ssl on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.