How To Install mod_auth_openid on Fedora 34

mod_auth_openid is OpenID authentication for apache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_openid on Fedora 34.

What is mod_auth_openid

mod_auth_openid is an authentication module for the Apache 2 webserver. OpenID 2.0 relying party for apache webserver.

We can use yum or dnf to install mod_auth_openid on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_auth_openid.

Install mod_auth_openid 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_openid using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_auth_openid

Install mod_auth_openid 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_openid using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_auth_openid

How To Uninstall mod_auth_openid on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mod_auth_openid

mod_auth_openid Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-mod_auth_openid.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/ebc14e0bc30976d19a30b84b0f24b569bc8760
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_auth_openid.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openid
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openid/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openid/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openid/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openid/README
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openid/UPGRADE
/var/lib/mod_auth_openid

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_openid on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.