How To Install mod_auth_openidc on Fedora 34

mod_auth_openidc is OpenID Connect auth module for Apache HTTP Server

Introduction

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

What is mod_auth_openidc

This module enables an Apache 2.x web server to operate as an OpenID Connect Relying Party and/or OAuth 2.0 Resource Server.

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

Install mod_auth_openidc 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_openidc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_auth_openidc

Install mod_auth_openidc 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_openidc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_auth_openidc

How To Uninstall mod_auth_openidc on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mod_auth_openidc

mod_auth_openidc Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.d/auth_openidc.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-auth_openidc.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/71b1ec40b9bbcaa2a79fd5f132628be11bb745
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_auth_openidc.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openidc
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openidc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openidc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openidc/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mod_auth_openidc
/usr/share/licenses/mod_auth_openidc/LICENSE.txt
/var/cache/httpd/mod_auth_openidc
/var/cache/httpd/mod_auth_openidc/cache
/var/cache/httpd/mod_auth_openidc/metadata
/etc/httpd/conf.d/auth_openidc.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-auth_openidc.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/9353dd7877553a90ed027758255d269c6b6bf9
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_auth_openidc.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openidc
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openidc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openidc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_openidc/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mod_auth_openidc
/usr/share/licenses/mod_auth_openidc/LICENSE.txt
/var/cache/httpd/mod_auth_openidc
/var/cache/httpd/mod_auth_openidc/cache
/var/cache/httpd/mod_auth_openidc/metadata

References

Summary

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