Installing FreeRADIUS version 3.x on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
sudo apt-get install libdatetime-perl
sudo apt-get install freeradius freeradius-mysql
# Answer yes to install these with their dependencies
# Please note that when this package is installed there are some things generated that can take up lots of time on slower machines.
sudo systemctl enable freeradius
sudo systemctl start freeradius
sudo systemctl status freeradius
Configuring FreeRADIUS version 3.x
# Stop the service if it is already running
sudo systemctl stop freeradius
# Backup the original FreeRADIUSdirectory
sudo mv /etc/freeradius /etc/freeradius.orig
# Extract the RADIUSdesk modified FreeRADIUS directory
sudo tar xzf /var/www/html/cake3/rd_cake/setup/radius/freeradius-3-radiusdesk.tar.gz --one-top-level=/etc/freeradius/
sudo mv /etc/freeradius/freeradius /etc/freeradius/3.0
sudo chown -R freerad. /etc/freeradius/3.0/
sudo mkdir /var/run/freeradius
chown freerad. /var/run/freeradius
sudo vi /etc/freeradius/3.0/sites-enabled/dynamic-clients
# Echo the IP address of the client.
FreeRADIUS-Client-IP-Address = "%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}"
# require_message_authenticator
FreeRADIUS-Client-Require-MA = no
# secret
FreeRADIUS-Client-Secret = "testing123"
# shortname
FreeRADIUS-Client-Shortname = "%{Packet-Src-IP-Address}"
sudo vi /lib/systemd/system/freeradius.service
[Unit]
Description=FreeRADIUS multi-protocol policy server
After=syslog.target network.target
Documentation=man:radiusd(8) man:radiusd.conf(5) http://wiki.freeradius.org/ http://networkradius.com/doc/
[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/run/freeradius/freeradius.pid
#EnvironmentFile=-/etc/default/freeradius
#ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/freeradius $FREERADIUS_OPTIONS -Cxm -lstdout
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/freeradius $FREERADIUS_OPTIONS
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=5
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart freeradius
sudo systemctl status freeradius
Fixing a small bug
There is a small bug which prevents FreeRADIUS to start up after a reboot.
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There also seems to be a fix but it has not reached the Ubuntu repositories as of this writing.
So here is the fix taken from the discussion in the link
Create a file called /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/freeradius.conf
sudo vi /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/freeradius.conf
d /run/freeradius 750 freerad freerad -
Next steps