How To Install pagekite on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pagekite on CentOS 7. pagekite is Makes localhost servers visible to the world

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pagekite on CentOS 7.

What is pagekite

System for running publicly visible servers (generally web servers) on machines without a direct connection to the Internet, such as mobile devices or computers behind restrictive firewalls. It works around NAT, firewalls and IP-address limitations by using a combination of tunnels and reverse proxies. Natively supported protocols Partially supported protocols Any other TCP-based service, including SSH and VNC, may be exposed as well to clients supporting HTTP Proxies.

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

Install pagekite on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pagekite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pagekite

Install pagekite 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 pagekite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pagekite

How To Uninstall pagekite on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pagekite

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Summary

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