How To Install ocserv on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocserv on CentOS 8.
What is ocserv
OpenConnect server (ocserv) is an SSL VPN server. Its purpose is to be a secure, small, fast and configurable VPN server. It implements the OpenConnect SSL VPN protocol, and has also (currently experimental) compatibility with clients using the AnyConnect SSL VPN protocol. The OpenConnect VPN protocol uses the standard IETF security protocols such as TLS 1.2, and Datagram TLS to provide the secure VPN service.
We can use yum or dnf to install ocserv on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocserv.
Install ocserv 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 ocserv using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ocserv
Install ocserv 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 ocserv using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ocserv
How To Uninstall ocserv on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ocserv package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ocserv
ocserv Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/ocserv
/etc/ocserv/ocserv.conf
/etc/pam.d/ocserv
/usr/bin/occtl
/usr/bin/ocpasswd
/usr/bin/ocserv-fw
/usr/bin/ocserv-script
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/05a7ea8605c196bbb3eb16a625f263964a6a88
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/8c3f739908b9c1b1f903fde66f9ed44de4201e
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/08c279ab706c609417f8a57f657a2f2f60c12d
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/bfbb010005a7f7d6fce59af59b73c78642d5bd
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ocserv.service
/usr/sbin/ocserv
/usr/sbin/ocserv-genkey
/usr/sbin/ocserv-worker
/usr/share/doc/ocserv
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/BSD-MIT
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/CC0
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/LGPL-2.1
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/PACKAGE-LICENSING
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/README.md
/usr/share/man/man8/occtl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ocpasswd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ocserv.8.gz
/var/lib/ocserv
/var/lib/ocserv/profile.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocserv on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.