How To Install openvpn-auth-ldap on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-auth-ldap in Fedora 36. openvpn-auth-ldap is OpenVPN plugin for LDAP authentication

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-auth-ldap on Fedora 36.

What is `openvpn-auth-ldap`

The OpenVPN Auth-LDAP Plugin implements username/password authentication via LDAP for OpenVPN 2.x.

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

Install openvpn-auth-ldap 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 openvpn-auth-ldap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openvpn-auth-ldap

Install openvpn-auth-ldap 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 openvpn-auth-ldap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openvpn-auth-ldap

How To Uninstall openvpn-auth-ldap on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the openvpn-auth-ldap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openvpn-auth-ldap

openvpn-auth-ldap Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/openvpn/auth
/etc/openvpn/auth/ldap.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/9785cda78e15519ad0b083f0029b5c0a953e8d
/usr/lib64/openvpn/plugins/openvpn-auth-ldap.so
/usr/share/doc/openvpn-auth-ldap
/usr/share/doc/openvpn-auth-ldap/README.md
/usr/share/doc/openvpn-auth-ldap/auth-ldap.conf
/usr/share/licenses/openvpn-auth-ldap
/usr/share/licenses/openvpn-auth-ldap/LICENSE

References

openvpn-auth-ldap website

Summary

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