How To Install mod_auth_mellon on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_mellon on Fedora 34.
What is mod_auth_mellon
The mod_auth_mellon module is an authentication service that implements the SAML 2.0 federation protocol. It grants access based on the attributes received in assertions generated by a IdP server.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_auth_mellon on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_auth_mellon.
Install mod_auth_mellon on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mod_auth_mellon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_auth_mellon
Install mod_auth_mellon on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install mod_auth_mellon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_auth_mellon
How To Uninstall mod_auth_mellon on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the mod_auth_mellon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_auth_mellon
mod_auth_mellon Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/httpd/conf.d/auth_mellon.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-auth_mellon.conf
/run/mod_auth_mellon
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/fff2b4a684fb8b8a0524ec17d6c11566ba8f91
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/mod_auth_mellon.conf
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_auth_mellon.so
/usr/libexec/mod_auth_mellon
/usr/libexec/mod_auth_mellon/mellon_create_metadata.sh
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/ECP.rst
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/README.md
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/README.redhat.rst
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/Guardfile
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/README
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images/chrome_SAML_Chrome_Panel.png
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images/chrome_SAML_Chrome_Panel.svg
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images/saml-tracer.png
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images/saml-tracer.svg
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/images/saml-web-sso.svg
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/mellon_user_guide.adoc
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_mellon/user_guide/mellon_user_guide.html
/usr/share/licenses/mod_auth_mellon
/usr/share/licenses/mod_auth_mellon/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_mellon on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
