How To Install voms-server on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-server on CentOS 7. voms-server is Virtual Organization Membership Service Server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install voms-server on CentOS 7.

What is voms-server

The Virtual Organization Membership Service (VOMS) is an attribute authority which serves as central repository for VO user authorization information, providing support for sorting users into group hierarchies, keeping track of their roles and other attributes in order to issue trusted attribute certificates and SAML assertions used in the Grid environment for authorization purposes. This package provides the VOMS service.

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

Install voms-server on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install voms-server

Install voms-server 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 voms-server using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install voms-server

How To Uninstall voms-server on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the voms-server package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove voms-server

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Summary

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