How To Install dmraid-events-logwatch on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmraid-events-logwatch in Fedora 36. dmraid-events-logwatch is Logwatch-based email reporting for dmraid

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmraid-events-logwatch on Fedora 36.

What is dmraid-events-logwatch

Provides device failure reporting via logwatch-based email reporting. Device failure reporting has to be activated manually by activating the /etc/cron.d/dmeventd-logwatch entry and by calling the dmevent_tool (see manual page for examples) for any active RAID sets.

We can use yum or dnf to install dmraid-events-logwatch on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dmraid-events-logwatch.

Install dmraid-events-logwatch on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dmraid-events-logwatch using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dmraid-events-logwatch

Install dmraid-events-logwatch on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install dmraid-events-logwatch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dmraid-events-logwatch

How To Uninstall dmraid-events-logwatch on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the dmraid-events-logwatch package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dmraid-events-logwatch

dmraid-events-logwatch Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/cron.d/dmeventd-logwatch
/etc/logwatch/conf
/etc/logwatch/conf/services
/etc/logwatch/conf/services/dmeventd.conf
/etc/logwatch/scripts
/etc/logwatch/scripts/services
/etc/logwatch/scripts/services/dmeventd
/var/cache/logwatch/dmeventd
/var/cache/logwatch/dmeventd/syslogpattern.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dmraid-events-logwatch on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).