How to Install FreeIPA on Manjaro

FreeIPA is a software suite that provides centralized authentication, authorization, and identity management services. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing FreeIPA on a Manjaro system.

Prerequisites

Before starting with the installation process, we need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met:

  • A running Manjaro system
  • Root or sudo access to the Manjaro system
  • Internet connectivity

Step 1: Add FreeIPA Repository

FreeIPA provides a repository for various Linux distributions, including Manjaro. Therefore, we need to add the FreeIPA repository to our Manjaro system to install it.

  1. Open the terminal on your Manjaro system.

  2. Run the following command to add the FreeIPA repository.

sudo pacman-key --recv C67D8B61
sudo pacman-key --lsign-key C67D8B61
echo -e "\n[freeipa]\nSigLevel = Optional TrustAll\nServer = https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/g/freeipa/freeipa-master/repo/manjaro/\$arch/" | sudo tee -a /etc/pacman.conf > /dev/null

Step 2: Install FreeIPA

After adding the FreeIPA repository, we can now install it on our Manjaro system.

  1. Run the following command to update the package list.
sudo pacman -Syu
  1. Run the following command to install the FreeIPA package.
sudo pacman -S freeipa-server
  1. During the installation process, you will be prompted to set up the FreeIPA domain. Follow the prompts and enter the relevant details as required.

Step 3: Enable and Start the FreeIPA Services

After the installation process is complete, we need to enable and start the FreeIPA services.

  1. Run the following command to enable the FreeIPA services.
sudo systemctl enable --now freeipa-server.service
  1. Next, we need to check whether the FreeIPA services are running or not. Run the following command.
sudo systemctl status freeipa-server.service

If all services are running, you should see the output similar to the following:

● freeipa-server.service - FreeIPA LDAP and KDC services
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/freeipa-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
     Active: active (running) since <date-time>
   Main PID: <PID> (n/a)
      Tasks: 6 (limit: 32768)
     Memory: 38.7M
     CGroup: /system.slice/freeipa-server.service
             ├─<PID> /usr/sbin/ipa-dnskeysyncd
             ├─<PID> /usr/sbin/ipa-custodia
             ├─<PID> /usr/sbin/kadmind -r IPA -P /var/run/ipa/kadmind.pid
             ├─<PID> /usr/sbin/ipa-otpd
             ├─<PID> /usr/sbin/ipa-dnskeysyncd
             └─<PID> /usr/sbin/slapd -D -u ldap -g ldap -h ldapi:/// ldap:///

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Congratulations, FreeIPA is now successfully installed on your Manjaro system. You can now use it for centralized authentication, authorization, and identity management services.