How To Install mod_ldap on Fedora 34

mod_ldap is LDAP authentication modules for the Apache HTTP Server

Introduction

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

What is mod_ldap

The mod_ldap and mod_authnz_ldap modules add support for LDAP authentication to the Apache HTTP Server.

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

Install mod_ldap 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_ldap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_ldap

Install mod_ldap 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_ldap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_ldap

How To Uninstall mod_ldap on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove mod_ldap

mod_ldap Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/01-ldap.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/a378ac503b922aa14e4d0d3ebd01f66d19f068
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/e147fc8a83400c1e135a503316272ac3d4b47b
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_ldap.so
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/01-ldap.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/4e4bfe171bbd93367e1a02c97b9983be00d5ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/c7af068a8f51dafb9663a1cec1a6eb5d73788d
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_ldap.so

References

Summary

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