RADIUS

See also

Source code: github.com/openwisp/openwisp-radius.

OpenWISP RADIUS is available since OpenWISP 22.05 and provides many features aimed at public WiFi services.

For a full introduction please refer to RADIUS: Features.

The following diagram illustrates the role of the RADIUS module within the OpenWISP architecture.

OpenWISP Architecture: highlighted radius module

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Refer to Architecture, Modules, Technologies for more information.

RADIUS Module Usage Docs

• RADIUS: Features
• Registration of new users
• Generating users
• Importing users
• Social Login
• Single Sign-On (SAML)
• Enforcing Session Limits
• Change of Authorization (CoA)
• Integration with OpenWISP Monitoring
• Management commands
• REST API Reference
• Settings

RADIUS Module Developer Docs

• Developer Docs Index
  • Developer Installation Instructions
  • Code Utilities
  • Extending OpenWISP RADIUS

Deploy instructions

See Enabling the RADIUS module on the OpenWISP ansible role documentation.

Alternatively you can set it up manually by following these guides:

• Freeradius Setup for Captive Portal authentication
• Freeradius Setup for WPA Enterprise (EAP-TTLS-PAP) authentication

This module is also available in docker-openwisp although its usage is not recommended for production usage yet, unless the reader is willing to invest effort in adapting the docker images and configurations to overcome any roadblocks encountered.