How To Install rsyslog-crypto on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-crypto on Rocky Linux 8. rsyslog-crypto is Encryption support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-crypto on Rocky Linux 8.

What is rsyslog-crypto

This package contains a module providing log file encryption and a command line tool to process encrypted logs.

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

Install rsyslog-crypto 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 rsyslog-crypto using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-crypto

Install rsyslog-crypto 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 rsyslog-crypto using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-crypto

How To Uninstall rsyslog-crypto on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the rsyslog-crypto package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-crypto

rsyslog-crypto Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/rscryutil
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/bf13125017113a9875629ca8bc2ccffb0dd500
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e2/da3834bbf7099de2eb620b440e9c8889e14021
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/lmcry_gcry.so
/usr/share/man/man1/rscryutil.1.gz
/usr/bin/rscryutil
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/fe02915649bf4f704f91df83bbe09fa4568a26
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/f8d8a9f2694d145b319efb3cc535a7392e07e8
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/lmcry_gcry.so
/usr/share/man/man1/rscryutil.1.gz

References

Summary

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