How To Install mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 is A GSSAPI Authentication module for Apache

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64`

The mod_auth_gssapi module is an authentication service that implements the SPNEGO based HTTP Authentication protocol defined in RFC4559.

We can use yum to install mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64.

Install mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 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 mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64

How To Uninstall mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64

mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/10-auth_gssapi.conf
/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/mod_auth_gssapi.so
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_gssapi-1.5.1
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_gssapi-1.5.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mod_auth_gssapi-1.5.1/README

References

mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_auth_gssapi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.