Information about the package, ipa-server, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ipa-server package is designed for, The IPA authentication server.
Package Name:
ipa-server
Summary:
The IPA authentication server
Description:
IPA is an integrated solution to provide centrally managed Identity (machine, user, virtual machines, groups, authentication credentials), Policy (configuration settings, access control information) and Audit (events, logs, analysis thereof). If you are installing an IPA server you need to install this package (in other words, most people should NOT install this package).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.0.0
Release:
51.el6.centos
Size:
1.1 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the ipa-server package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ipa-server
This command will install ipa-server on the server.
yum remove ipa-server
This command will un-install ipa-server on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipa-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ipa-server
This command will un-install ipa-server on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ipa-server when using the -y flag.
yum update ipa-server
This command will update ipa-server to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipa-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ipa-server
This command will update ipa-server to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ipa-server when using the -y flag.
yum info ipa-server
This command will show you core information about the ipa-server package.
yum deplist ipa-server
This command will show you the dependencies for ipa-server. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ipa-server
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ipa-server. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.