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title: Install glauth on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of glauth for on Debian - A lightweight LDAP server
  for development, home use, or CI
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/glauth/debian
---

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# Install glauth on **Debian**

# glauth

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* [David Gomez (dvgomez)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/dvgomez "View all snaps from David Gomez (dvgomez)")

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/glauth/debian#install)

#### A lightweight LDAP server for development, home use, or CI

Go-lang LDAP Authentication (GLAuth) is a secure, easy-to-use,
LDAP server w/ configurable backends.

Centrally manage accounts across your infrastructure.
Centrally manage SSH keys, Linux accounts, and passwords for cloud servers.
Lightweight alternative to OpenLDAP and Active Directory for development, or
a homelab.
Store your user directory in a file, local or in S3; SQL database; or proxy
to existing LDAP servers.
Two Factor Authentication (transparent to applications).
Multiple backends can be chained to inject features.
Use it to centralize account management across your Linux servers, your OSX
machines, and your support applications (Jenkins, Apache/Nginx, Graylog2,
and many more!).

### Package name

* glauth

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### License

* unset

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### Last updated

* 25 September 2023 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/glauth/debian#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Debian and install glauth

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:

```
sudo snap install snapd
```

### Install glauth

To install glauth, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install glauth --edge
```

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