---
title: Installing on RHEL 8 conventionally
description: Download and extract the pingaccess-agent-apache24-rhel8-<version>.zip archive.
component: pingaccess
version: 9.1
page_id: pingaccess:agents_and_integrations:pa_installing_on_rhel8
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingaccess/9.1/agents_and_integrations/pa_installing_on_rhel8.html
revdate: July 28, 2023
section_ids:
  before-you-begin: Before you begin
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Installing on RHEL 8 conventionally

## Before you begin

Download and extract the `pingaccess-agent-apache24-rhel8-<version>.zip` archive.

|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
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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 `openpgm-5.2.122-21.el8.x86_64.rpm`, `libsodium-1.0.18-2.el8.x86_64.rpm`, `libunwind-1.3.1-3.el8.x86_64.rpm`, and `zeromq-4.3.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm` packages.You can install these RPMs using the following command:```
yum install libsodium*rpm openpgm*rpm libunwind*rpm zeromq*rpm
``` |

## About this task

To install a PingAccess agent on a RHEL 8 system with Apache 2.4:

## Steps

1. In RHEL, change to the `pingaccess-agent-apache24-rhel8-<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
   ```