How To Install mod_security-mlogc on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_security-mlogc on Rocky Linux 8.

What is mod_security-mlogc

This package contains the ModSecurity Audit Log Collector.

We can use yum or dnf to install mod_security-mlogc on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_security-mlogc.

Install mod_security-mlogc on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mod_security-mlogc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mod_security-mlogc

Install mod_security-mlogc on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mod_security-mlogc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_security-mlogc

How To Uninstall mod_security-mlogc on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mod_security-mlogc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mod_security-mlogc

mod_security-mlogc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/mlogc.conf
/usr/bin/mlogc
/usr/bin/mlogc-batch-load
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/814e6e5c0ffb938d2ec99a887d12729cabc922
/usr/share/doc/mod_security-mlogc
/usr/share/doc/mod_security-mlogc/INSTALL
/var/log/mlogc
/var/log/mlogc/data

References

• mod_security-mlogc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_security-mlogc on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.