How To Install ipa-server-common on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipa-server-common on CentOS 7. ipa-server-common is Common files used by IPA server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipa-server-common on CentOS 7.

What is ipa-server-common

IPA is an integrated solution to provide centrally managed Identity (users, hosts, services), Authentication (SSO, 2FA), and Authorization (host access control, SELinux user roles, services). The solution provides features for further integration with Linux based clients (SUDO, automount) and integration with Active Directory based infrastructures (Trusts). If you are installing an IPA server, you need to install this package.

We can use yum or dnf to install ipa-server-common on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ipa-server-common.

Install ipa-server-common on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install ipa-server-common

Install ipa-server-common on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install ipa-server-common

How To Uninstall ipa-server-common on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ipa-server-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipa-server-common on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.