How To Install krb5-server.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-server.i686 in Amazon Linux 2. krb5-server.i686 is The KDC and related programs for Kerberos 5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-server.i686 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is krb5-server.i686

Kerberos is a network authentication system. The krb5-server package contains the programs that must be installed on a Kerberos 5 key distribution center (KDC). If you are installing a Kerberos 5 KDC, you need to install this package (in other words, most people should NOT install this package).

We can use yum to install krb5-server.i686 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install krb5-server.i686.

Install krb5-server.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install krb5-server.i686 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install krb5-server.i686

How To Uninstall krb5-server.i686 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the krb5-server.i686 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove krb5-server.i686

krb5-server.i686 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/logrotate.d/kadmind
/etc/logrotate.d/krb5kdc
/etc/sysconfig/kadmin
/etc/sysconfig/kprop
/etc/sysconfig/krb5kdc
/usr/bin/sclient
/usr/lib/krb5
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/authdata
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/kdb
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/kdb/db2.so
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/preauth
/usr/lib/krb5/plugins/preauth/otp.so
/usr/lib/systemd/system/kadmin.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/kprop.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/krb5kdc.service
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/krb5-krb5kdc.conf
/usr/sbin/_kadmind
/usr/sbin/_kpropd
/usr/sbin/kadmin.local
/usr/sbin/kadmind
/usr/sbin/kdb5_util
/usr/sbin/kprop
/usr/sbin/kpropd
/usr/sbin/kproplog
/usr/sbin/krb5kdc
/usr/sbin/sserver
/usr/share/doc/krb5-server-1.15.1
/usr/share/doc/krb5-server-1.15.1/admin.pdf
/usr/share/doc/krb5-server-1.15.1/build.pdf
/usr/share/man/man1/sclient.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/kadm5.acl.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/kdc.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kadmin.local.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kadmind.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kdb5_util.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kprop.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kpropd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/kproplog.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/krb5kdc.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sserver.8.gz
/var/kerberos
/var/kerberos/krb5kdc
/var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kadm5.acl
/var/kerberos/krb5kdc/kdc.conf
/var/run/krb5kdc

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install krb5-server.i686 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.