Installing DMA Freeradius on Ubuntu

Installing DMA Freeradius on Ubuntu

Update the server.

# sudo apt-get update

Install apache in the server.

# sudo apt-get install apache2

Install mysql in the server.

# sudo apt-get install mysql-server libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql mysql-client

During the installation, MySQL will ask you to set a root password.

Install php in th server

# sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php5-cli php5-curl php5-gd php5-snmp

Install libraries and dependencies

# sudo apt-get install build-essential binutils

# sudo apt-get install libtool libssl-dev openssl

# sudo apt-get install libmcrypt-dev libstdc++6-4.6-dev

# sudo apt-get install libmysqlclient-dev

# sudo apt-get install snmp libsnmp-dev

# sudo apt-get install libgdbm-dev

# sudo apt-get install mc wget rcconf make gcc

Download and install libtool 1.x from http://www.dmasoftlab.com/downloads

# wget http://www.dmasoftlab.com/cont/download/libltdl3_1.5.24-1ubuntu1_i386.deb

# wget http://www.dmasoftlab.com/cont/download/libltdl3-dev_1.5.24-1ubuntu1_i386.deb

# dpkg -i libltdl3_1.5.24-1ubuntu1_i386.deb

# dpkg -i libltdl3-dev_1.5.24-1ubuntu1_i386.deb

Installation of ioncube in the server

Copy and untar the ionCube runtime libraries to /usr/local/ioncube

Add the appropriate ionCube loader to your php.ini like given below

zend_extension=/usr/local/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so

set the correct PHP version in the zend_extension line.

Check php -v for verification . You can see ionCube PHP Loader version displayed .

# sudo apache2ctl restart

Download Freeradius from DMA Softlabs

# wget http://dmasoftlab.com/cont/download/freeradius-server-2.1.8-dmamod 3.tar.gz

Extract Freeradius

# tar zxfv freeradius-server-2.1.8-dmamod-3.tar.gz

Change directory to Freeradius and Configure it

# cd freeradius-server-2.1.8

Create the make file

# ./configure

Before the make step do the below given steps;

Now open freeradius-server-2.1.8/src/modules/rlm_eap/Makefile in any text editor and add -lfreeradius-radius-2.1.8 to it:

Locate the entry below..

radeapclient: radeapclient.lo $(CLIENTLIBS) $(LIBTOOL) –mode=link $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(RLM_LDFLAGS) -o radeapclient radeapclient.lo $(CLIENTLIBS) $(LIBS) $(OPENSSL_LIBS)

and change it to..

radeapclient: radeapclient.lo $(CLIENTLIBS) $(LIBTOOL) –mode=link $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(RLM_LDFLAGS) -o radeapclient radeapclient.lo $(CLIENTLIBS) /yourfolder/freeradius-server-2.1.8/src/lib/.libs/libfreeradius-radius-2.1.8.so $(LIBS) $(OPENSSL_LIBS)

Compile it by issuing “Make“

# sudo make

# make install && ldconfig

To run the freeradius,

# radiusd -X

Set the correct ownership on FreeRadius configuration files

# chown www-data /usr/local/etc/raddb

# chown www-data /usr/local/etc/raddb/clients.conf

Verify the MySQL credentials in /usr/local/etc/raddb/sql.conf

Create MySQL databases and credential.

# mysql -u root -ppassword

>CREATE DATABASE radius;

>CREATE DATABASE conntrack;

>CREATE USER ‘radius’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘radius123’;

>CREATE USER ‘conntrack’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘conn123’;

>GRANT ALL ON radius.* TO radius@localhost;

>GRANT ALL ON conntrack.* TO conntrack@localhost;

Now the databases are ready to use.

Installation procedure of Radius Manager

Purchase Radius Manager

Decompress the Radius Manager tar archive

invoke the installer script, but first change its permission to 755

# chmod 755 install.sh

# ./install.sh

Now the install script will ask few questions . . . Select answers as per your local design.

For example:

Select the Operating System

2

(For Ubuntu)

Select Installation type:

1

(New Installation)

WWW root path:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is /var/www

Radius Database host:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is localhost

Radius Database username:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is radius

Radius Database password:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is radius123

CTS Database host:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is localhost

CTS database username:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is conntrack

CTS database password:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is conn123

Freeradius UNIX User:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is root

Httpd Unix User:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is www-data

Create rmpoller service:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is y (yes)

create rmconntrack service:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is y (yes)

Backup Radius database:

Press Enter to select the Default , which is y (yes)

Now it will ask if you want to start the installation

Press y and press ENTER to continue the installation.

and at the end you will INSTALLATION COMPLETE.

Now copy the two license files (that you receive from DMASOFTLAB) in /var/www/radiusmanager

lic.txt

mode.txt

Now access the admin panel from your browser

http://yourip/radiusmanager/admin.php using the default login details.