Installing FreeIPA on Ubuntu 22.04

FreeIPA is an open-source Identity, Policy, and Audit (IPA) system designed to provide centralized authentication, authorization, and account information by utilizing the features of widely-used services such as LDAP, Kerberos, and DNS.

Follow the steps below to install FreeIPA on Ubuntu 22.04:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt install freeipa-server

sudo ipa-server-install

During the configuration, you'll be prompted to provide information such as the domain name, realm name, and admin password.

sudo ufw allow 80/tcp
sudo ufw allow 443/tcp
sudo ufw allow 389/tcp
sudo ufw allow 636/tcp
sudo ufw allow 88/tcp
sudo ufw allow 464/tcp
sudo ufw allow 53/tcp
sudo ufw reload

Open a web browser and navigate to https://your-server-ip. You should see the FreeIPA login screen.

Use the admin username and password you specified during the configuration to log in.

1. Update the system:
2. Install the FreeIPA server package:
3. Configure FreeIPA:
4. Once the installation completes, configure the system firewall to allow communication with FreeIPA services:
5. Access the FreeIPA web interface:
6. Once logged in, you can start managing users, groups, and other authentication-related settings in FreeIPA.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed FreeIPA on Ubuntu 22.04. Now you can utilize its centralized authentication and authorization capabilities.