How To Install mod_bw on Fedora 34

mod_bw is Bandwidth Limiter For Apache

Introduction

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

What is mod_bw

mod_bw is a bandwidth administration module for Apache httpd 2.x * Restricts the number of simultaneous connections per vhost/dir * Limits the bandwidth for files on vhost/dir

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

Install mod_bw 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_bw using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_bw

Install mod_bw 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_bw using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_bw

How To Uninstall mod_bw on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mod_bw

mod_bw Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.d/mod_bw.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/115d81e0d612de5ca4b3694a075cb5717acaad
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_bw.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_bw
/usr/share/doc/mod_bw/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mod_bw/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mod_bw/TODO
/usr/share/doc/mod_bw/mod_bw.txt

References

Summary

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