How To Install heimdal-server on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdal-server on Rocky Linux 8. heimdal-server is Heimdal kerberos server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdal-server on Rocky Linux 8.

What is heimdal-server

This package contains the master Heimdal kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC), admin interface server (admind) and master-slave synchronisation daemons. Install this package if you intend to set up Kerberos server.

We can use yum or dnf to install heimdal-server on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install heimdal-server.

Install heimdal-server on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install heimdal-server

Install heimdal-server on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install heimdal-server using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install heimdal-server

How To Uninstall heimdal-server on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the heimdal-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove heimdal-server

heimdal-server Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/heimdal-kadmind.acl
/etc/heimdal-kdc.conf
/etc/heimdal-slaves
/etc/logrotate.d/heimdal
/etc/sysconfig/heimdal
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/184894ae19d59d0857fd146d850f51636de63b
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/7ecd2c31db85f29bf0baa0f5e78b04f2322272
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/2885a081808b0200d30209cba206342ae16727
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/39443c6dffe82eece66c1bbf3227c447a19093
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/15c3b046116c8721695b8631f82e7ae8298c33
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/bcfeca0e46eebf7ecc64041a984a46a5ed2b54
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/0f69420f92314f586d725af87584e1b77ea1d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/149e5ac258ccf6d0fe305d2e5582a47e664315
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/6241e0e00dbe27769f0052feaeda6582980db8
/usr/lib/systemd/system/heimdal-ipropd-master.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/heimdal-ipropd-slave.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/heimdal-kadmind.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/heimdal-kdc.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/heimdal-kpasswdd.service
/usr/libexec/heimdal-kadmind
/usr/libexec/hprop
/usr/libexec/hpropd
/usr/libexec/ipropd-master
/usr/libexec/ipropd-slave
/usr/libexec/ipropd-slave-wrapper
/usr/libexec/kdc
/usr/libexec/kpasswdd
/usr/sbin/iprop-log
/usr/sbin/kstash
/usr/share/man/man8/heimdal-kadmind.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/hprop.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/hpropd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iprop-log.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/iprop.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ipropd-master.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ipropd-slave.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kdc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kpasswdd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kstash.8.gz
/var/heimdal
/var/heimdal/kadmind.acl
/var/heimdal/kdc.conf
/var/heimdal/slaves
/var/log/heimdal

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdal-server on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.