How To Install opensips-auth_aaa on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensips-auth_aaa on CentOS 7. opensips-auth_aaa is Performs authentication using an AAA server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensips-auth_aaa on CentOS 7.

What is opensips-auth_aaa

This module contains functions that are used to perform authentication using an AAA server. Basically the proxy will pass along the credentials to the AAA server which will in turn send a reply containing result of the authentication. So basically the whole authentication is done in the AAA server.

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

Install opensips-auth_aaa on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install opensips-auth_aaa

Install opensips-auth_aaa 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 opensips-auth_aaa using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install opensips-auth_aaa

How To Uninstall opensips-auth_aaa on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the opensips-auth_aaa package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove opensips-auth_aaa

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opensips-auth_aaa on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.