How To Install mod_lookup_identity on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_lookup_identity
on Fedora 34.
What is mod_lookup_identity
mod_lookup_identity can retrieve additional pieces of information about user authenticated in Apache httpd server and store these values in notes/environment variables to be consumed by web applications. Use of REMOTE_USER_* environment variables is recommended.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install mod_lookup_identity
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_lookup_identity.
Install mod_lookup_identity 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_lookup_identity
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_lookup_identity
Install mod_lookup_identity 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_lookup_identity
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_lookup_identity
How To Uninstall mod_lookup_identity on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the mod_lookup_identity
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_lookup_identity
mod_lookup_identity Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/httpd/conf.d/lookup_identity.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/55-lookup_identity.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/d7e2132911692e9aafc0dd843ecb5033c6e897
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_lookup_identity.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_lookup_identity
/usr/share/doc/mod_lookup_identity/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/mod_lookup_identity/README
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_lookup_identity
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.