Howto Guides

This section describe how to perform various common tasks with FreeRADIUS. Each sub-section provides worked examples such as using the modules in common deployment scenarios or building packages.

The section is broken down into the following top-level areas:

Installing and Upgrading contains instructions for building and installing freeRADIUS from packages and source.

Configuring Modules provides worked examples on using the various modules in common deployment scenarios.

Protocols * DHCP Preparation Enabling the DHCP service Testing the DHCP service Defining the DHCP policy * IP pool creation * Common options * Network options and IP pool selection * Subnet options * Device, class and group options * IP pool access restriction

If you have a topic you’d like to see included in the list of howtos, contact the developers on the User’s mailing list.

Some of the documents here started life as pages on wiki.freeradius.org. If you’ve just been through a particularly arduous service configuration and deployment, and would like to help your fellow users, then please create a new how to on the wiki. If it’s popular enough, we’ll include it in the official documentation for the next release.