How To Install ipsilon on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipsilon in Fedora 36. ipsilon is An Identity Provider Server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipsilon on Fedora 36.

What is ipsilon

Ipsilon is a multi-protocol Identity Provider service. Its function is to bridge authentication providers and applications to achieve Single Sign On and Federation.

We can use yum or dnf to install ipsilon on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ipsilon.

Install ipsilon on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ipsilon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ipsilon

Install ipsilon on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ipsilon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ipsilon

How To Uninstall ipsilon on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove ipsilon

ipsilon Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ipsilon-db2conf
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ipsilon/helpers
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ipsilon/helpers/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ipsilon/helpers/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ipsilon/helpers/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ipsilon/helpers/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ipsilon/helpers/__pycache__/common.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ipsilon/helpers/__pycache__/common.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ipsilon/helpers/common.py
/usr/sbin/ipsilon-server-install
/usr/share/ipsilon/templates/install/idp.conf
/usr/share/ipsilon/templates/install/ipsilon.conf
/usr/share/ipsilon/ui/saml2sp
/usr/share/ipsilon/ui/saml2sp/index.html
/usr/share/man/man1/ipsilon-server-install.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipsilon on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).