How To Install rsyslog-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8. rsyslog-gssapi is GSSAPI authentication and encryption support for rsyslog

Introduction

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

What is rsyslog-gssapi

The rsyslog-gssapi package contains the rsyslog plugins which support GSSAPI authentication and secure connections. GSSAPI is commonly used for Kerberos authentication.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-gssapi

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

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-gssapi

How To Uninstall rsyslog-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-gssapi

rsyslog-gssapi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/59f9494ce3b54108c673714259d73fe754c862
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/794ebe58e3b5f77f92ab0383c17c638021b8f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/28d0ce45a44141ec2b5af40892d6c37ca19ee1
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/imgssapi.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/lmgssutil.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omgssapi.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/368e11d0c4b6df88337d6392ee259363f0b4dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/0d3c15534f79bbcf7ccaa854bca9a599469d57
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/c52570aa80d4ba7c61d5b3fdd88d67df14b127
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/imgssapi.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/lmgssutil.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omgssapi.so

References

Summary

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