---
title: Installing on RHEL 7 conventionally
description: Download and extract the pingaccess-agent-apache24-rhel7-<version>.zip archive.
component: pingaccess
version: 7.2
page_id: pingaccess:agents_and_integrations:pa_installing_on_rhel_7
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingaccess/7.2/agents_and_integrations/pa_installing_on_rhel_7.html
revdate: July 2, 2024
section_ids:
  before-you-begin: Before you begin
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Installing on RHEL 7 conventionally

## Before you begin

Download and extract the `pingaccess-agent-apache24-rhel7-<version>.zip` archive.

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|   | Some dependencies might require access to the epel-release repository. To ensure your package manager has access, run the following command:```shell
curl -O https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm && \ rpm -i epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
``` |

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|   | The agent RPM has required dependencies that might be available through standard repositories. If these dependencies are not available in your Linux version, you can install them using the included `libpgm-5_2-0-5.2.122-32.1.x86_64.rpm`, `libsodium18-1.0.11-1.1.x86_64.rpm`, and `libzmq5-4.3.1-23.6.x86_64.rpm` packages.You can install these RPMs using the following command:```
yum install libsodium*rpm libpgm*rpm libzmq*rpm
``` |

## About this task

To install a PingAccess agent on a RHEL 7 system with Apache 2.4:

## Steps

1. In RHEL, change to the `pingaccess-agent-apache24-rhel7-<version>/x86_64` directory.

2. As root, install the PingAccess Agent for Apache using the following command:

   ```
   yum install pingaccess-agent-apache-*.rpm
   ```

3. Copy the `<agentname>_agent.properties` file to `/etc/httpd/conf.d/agent.properties`.

4. As root, restart the Apache service using the following command:

   ```
   systemctl restart httpd.service
   ```