How To Install openvpn-auth-ldap on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-auth-ldap on Ubuntu.

What is `openvpn-auth-ldap`

openvpn-auth-ldap is:

A plugin that implements username/password authentication via LDAP for OpenVPN 2.x. It features:

Simple Apache-style configuration file.
LDAP group-based access restrictions.
Will authenticate against any LDAP server that supports LDAP simple binds – including Active Directory.

There are three methods to install openvpn-auth-ldap on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install openvpn-auth-ldap Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install openvpn-auth-ldap using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openvpn-auth-ldap

Install openvpn-auth-ldap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openvpn-auth-ldap using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openvpn-auth-ldap

Install openvpn-auth-ldap Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install openvpn-auth-ldap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openvpn-auth-ldap

How To Uninstall openvpn-auth-ldap on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the openvpn-auth-ldap package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openvpn-auth-ldap

Uninstall openvpn-auth-ldap And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openvpn-auth-ldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openvpn-auth-ldap

Remove openvpn-auth-ldap Configurations and Data

To remove openvpn-auth-ldap configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openvpn-auth-ldap

Remove openvpn-auth-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove openvpn-auth-ldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openvpn-auth-ldap

Dependencies

openvpn-auth-ldap have the following dependencies:

References

openvpn-auth-ldap website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-auth-ldap package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.