How To Install sshguard-nftables on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install sshguard-nftables in Fedora 36. sshguard-nftables is Configuration for nftables backend of SSHGuard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sshguard-nftables on Fedora 36.

What is sshguard-nftables

Sshguard-nftables provides a configuration file for SSHGuard to use nftables as the firewall backend.

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

Install sshguard-nftables 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 sshguard-nftables using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sshguard-nftables

Install sshguard-nftables 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 sshguard-nftables using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sshguard-nftables

How To Uninstall sshguard-nftables on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the sshguard-nftables package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sshguard-nftables

sshguard-nftables Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/sshguard.conf

References

Summary

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