This space contains the old OpenAthens SP documentation and is no longer maintained.
OpenAthens SP software is already out of support and reached end of life in May 2020.
Check out OpenAthens Keystone instead. It's supercool and makes dealing with SAML much easier.
Preparing yum
First add our repo to the yum directory:
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/openathens.repo
For help with the vi text editor: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=vi+cheetsheet
Add the following
[openathens-sp] name = yum repository for athens rpms baseurl = https://username:password@repo.openathens.net/yum/pkgs/rhel$releasever/sp/2.2/$basearch enabled = 1 gpgcheck = 0 failovermethod = priority
Where username and password are the credentials for your OpenAthens administrator account. Our service desk will be able to help you if you are unsure.
Exit the editor saving changes
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In a small number of cases, the rhel$releasever variable in the base URL may not be picked up - e.g. if you have heavily modified your server. In such cases you will need to manually set it - e.g. rhel6
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