mod_auth_kerb package is not provided for Apache httpd in RHEL 8 onwards

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Is mod_auth_kerb module support dropped from RHEL 8 onwards?
  • After upgrading to RHEL 8 from RHEL 7, Apache httpd server fails to start with this message:

    AH00526: Syntax error on line 416 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
    Invalid command 'KrbMethodNegotiate', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.x
    • Apache httpd 2.4.37
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.x
    • Apache httpd 2.4.51, 2.4.53

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