How To Install mod_auth_token on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_token on CentOS 7.
What is mod_auth_token
mod_auth_token allows you to generate URIS for a determined time window, you can also limit them by IP. This is very useful to handle file downloads, as generated URIS can’t be hot-linked (after it expires), also it allows you to protect very large files that can’t be piped trough a script languages due to memory limitation.
We can use yum or dnf to install mod_auth_token on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_auth_token.
Install mod_auth_token on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install mod_auth_token using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mod_auth_token
Install mod_auth_token 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 mod_auth_token using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mod_auth_token
How To Uninstall mod_auth_token on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the mod_auth_token package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mod_auth_token
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_token on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.