How To Install openvpn-auth-ldap on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-auth-ldap on CentOS 7. openvpn-auth-ldap is OpenVPN plugin for LDAP authentication

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-auth-ldap on CentOS 7.

What is openvpn-auth-ldap

The OpenVPN Auth-LDAP Plugin implements username/password authentication via LDAP for OpenVPN 2.x.

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

Install openvpn-auth-ldap on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install openvpn-auth-ldap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openvpn-auth-ldap

Install openvpn-auth-ldap 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 openvpn-auth-ldap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openvpn-auth-ldap

How To Uninstall openvpn-auth-ldap on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the openvpn-auth-ldap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openvpn-auth-ldap

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-auth-ldap on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.