Tag: rpmbuild

Duo Unix on EL8: Why You Shouldn’t Mix EPEL and Duo Repositories

There are a couple of valid methods, but don’t do what I did and mix them. If you install Duo two-factor authentication for Unix systems. There are four files that are needed and differ in the approach on how they are installed pending on the path you had taken.  Once again, I stress, don’t mix them. The four files, pam_duo.so,…

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How to Build the latest mod_jk RPM

mod_jk is an Apache module used to connect the Tomcat servlet container with web servers such as Apache. It has come increasingly difficult to find a an apache2-mod_jk-1.2.37-4.1.src.rpm or apache2-mod_jk-1.2.37-4.1.rpm as some of the links are now dead.  However, after tracking down a copy of the apache2-mod_jk-1.2.37-4.1.src.rpm, a modification or two to the .spec file along with the official .tar.gz…

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How to Build a Better haproxy RPM

There are several RPM builds of haproxy that can be found throughout the Internet.  There are GitHub repositories with customized .spec files to build your own RPM.  In fact, there is an haproxy.spec file that may be found in the official .tar.gz file under examples.  However, here is a unique way to build one as close to the original, haproxy-1.5.4-2.el6.rpm,…

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