How To Install ocserv on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocserv on Fedora 34.
What is ocserv
OpenConnect server (ocserv) is an SSL VPN server. Its purpose is to be a secure, small, fast and configurable VPN server. It implements the OpenConnect SSL VPN protocol, and has also (currently experimental) compatibility with clients using the AnyConnect SSL VPN protocol. The OpenConnect VPN protocol uses the standard IETF security protocols such as TLS 1.2, and Datagram TLS to provide the secure VPN service.
We can use yum or dnf to install ocserv on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocserv.
Install ocserv 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 ocserv using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ocserv
Install ocserv 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 ocserv using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ocserv
How To Uninstall ocserv on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ocserv package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ocserv
ocserv Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/ocserv
/etc/ocserv/ocserv.conf
/etc/pam.d/ocserv
/usr/bin/occtl
/usr/bin/ocpasswd
/usr/bin/ocserv-fw
/usr/bin/ocserv-script
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/3c72abbdb6fe442666d5fab51208770682aa89
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/82cfc44c78be8053badd659c56684f1d9a2bb2
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/746aaa6b08ec19f3504c348225f0cbcc7992c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/70836663728c8b1787d30f42256be7a766d4e0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/ocserv.service
/usr/sbin/ocserv
/usr/sbin/ocserv-genkey
/usr/sbin/ocserv-worker
/usr/share/doc/ocserv
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/BSD-MIT
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/CC0
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/LGPL-2.1
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/PACKAGE-LICENSING
/usr/share/doc/ocserv/README.md
/usr/share/man/man8/occtl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ocpasswd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ocserv.8.gz
/var/lib/ocserv
/var/lib/ocserv/profile.xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocserv on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.