How To Install mod_lookup_identity on Fedora 34

mod_lookup_identity is Apache module to retrieve additional information about the authenticated user

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

mod_lookup_identity website

Summary

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