How To Install sssd-proxy on CentOS 8

sssd-proxy is The proxy back end of the SSSD

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sssd-proxy on CentOS 8.

What is sssd-proxy

Provides the proxy back end which can be used to wrap an existing NSS and/or PAM modules to leverage SSSD caching.

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

Install sssd-proxy 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 sssd-proxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sssd-proxy

Install sssd-proxy 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 sssd-proxy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sssd-proxy

How To Uninstall sssd-proxy on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the sssd-proxy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sssd-proxy

sssd-proxy Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/4ec2fb4fefeee3c0fdfeed1b55796a98b32d9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/4c1a9ee53702ee4411a4bd31442e1f14f9d1dd
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_proxy.so
/usr/libexec/sssd/proxy_child
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-proxy
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-proxy/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/2eeda7b2e42192bc59ffda3a2727ce153de1e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/13a405b8fec38da592a1ae20136c533337b506
/usr/lib64/sssd/libsss_proxy.so
/usr/libexec/sssd/proxy_child
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-proxy
/usr/share/licenses/sssd-proxy/COPYING

References

Summary

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