How To Install mod_http2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_http2 on Rocky Linux 8. mod_http2 is module implementing HTTP/2 for Apache 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_http2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mod_http2`

The mod_h2 Apache httpd module implements the HTTP2 protocol (h2+h2c) on top of libnghttp2 for httpd 2.4 servers.

We can use yum or dnf to install mod_http2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_http2.

Install mod_http2 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 mod_http2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_http2

Install mod_http2 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 mod_http2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_http2

How To Uninstall mod_http2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mod_http2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mod_http2

mod_http2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-h2.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-proxy_h2.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/1e9a222f06e31475798b726f2a49bb63f78c0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/2a65197f9578595f6f7e6e7b4097b84d61d9ca
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_http2.so
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_proxy_http2.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_http2
/usr/share/doc/mod_http2/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/mod_http2/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mod_http2/README
/usr/share/doc/mod_http2/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/mod_http2
/usr/share/licenses/mod_http2/LICENSE

References

mod_http2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_http2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.