FreeIPA

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FreeIPA is a free and open source identity management system. FreeIPA is the upstream open-source project for Red Hat Identity Management.[4]

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FreeIPA
Developer(s)Red Hat
Stable release
4.12.1[1]  / 10 June 2024; 10 months ago (10 June 2024)
Repository
Written inC[2] and Python[3]
Operating systemLinux / Unix
TypeIdentity management
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitewww.freeipa.org 
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Overview

FreeIPA aims to provide a centrally-managed Identity, Policy, and Audit (IPA) system.[5] It uses a combination of Fedora Linux, 389 Directory Server, MIT Kerberos, NTP, DNS, the Dogtag certificate system, SSSD and other free/open-source components. FreeIPA includes extensible management interfaces (CLI, Web UI, XMLRPC and JSONRPC API) and Python SDK for the integrated CA, and BIND with a custom plugin for the integrated DNS server. Each of the major components of FreeIPA operates as a preexisting free/open-source project. The bundling of these components into a single manageable suite with a comprehensive management interface is GPLv3, but that does not change the licenses of the components.[6]

Since version 3.0.0, FreeIPA uses Samba to integrate with Microsoft's Active Directory by way of Cross Forest Trusts. FreeIPA provides support for Linux, Unix-based, Windows and Mac OS X computers.[7][8]

Software components

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Component Details
Fedora Linux Linux Operating System
389 Directory Server LDAP implementation
MIT's Kerberos 5 authentication and single sign-on
ntpd network time protocol
Apache HTTP Server Web UI and management framework
Python management framework
DogTag PKI certificate authority
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Plugin Description
Fleet Commander Desktop configuration tool that works alongside Cockpit and SSSD to store customized profile templates into FreeIPA's LDAP database. Broadly comparable to Windows GPOs.
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