Install Apache, FreeRadius, daloRADIUS, and MariaDB on Ubuntu 20.04

This quick guide assumes you are root or using sudo on a fresh install of Ubuntu Server 20.04.

Install apache2, MariaDB, and PHP

Install Apache

apt install apache2

Install PHP

sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-{gd,common,mail,mailmime,mysql,pear,db,mbstring,xml,curl}

Install MariaDB

apt install mariadb-server mysql_secure_installation

Install FreeRADIUS w/ MariaDB

Install FreeRADIUS

apt install freeradius freeradius-mysql freeradius-utils systemctl enable
–now freeradius

Use MariaDB with FreeRADIUS

Login to MariaDB with the password you just created. Remember to replace password with
your own password.

mysql -u root -p

Create database and database user.

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE radius; 
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL ON radius.* TO radius@localhost IDENTIFIED BY “password”; 
MariaDB [(none)]>FLUSH PRIVILEGES; 
MariaDB [(none)]> quit

Import FreeRADIUS schema into MariaDB.

mysql -u root -p radius < /etc/freeradius/3.0/modsconfig/sql/main/mysql/schema.sql

Link to the SQL module.

ln -s /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-available/sql /etc/freeradius/3.0/modsenabled/

Edit the FreeRADIUS config file at /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/sql

  • Change dialect = “sqlite” to dialect = “mysql”.
  • Comment out driver = “rlm_sql_null” and uncomment driver = “rlm_sql_${dialect}”
  • Comment out the entire tls section. We will not be using TLS here.
  • Uncomment the Connection info: section and fill out the database details using the values you created previously.
    connection info
  • Uncomment read_clients = yes.

Fix file ownership.

chgrp -h freerad /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-available/sql chown -R
freerad:freerad /etc/freeradius/3.0/mods-enabled/sql

Restart FreeRADIUS.

systemctl restart freeradius.service

*this is unfinished*