How To Install rsyslog-mmjsonparse on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mmjsonparse on Rocky Linux 8. rsyslog-mmjsonparse is JSON enhanced logging support

Introduction

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

What is rsyslog-mmjsonparse

This module provides the capability to recognize and parse JSON enhanced syslog messages.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-mmjsonparse

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

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-mmjsonparse

How To Uninstall rsyslog-mmjsonparse on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-mmjsonparse

rsyslog-mmjsonparse Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/281f09df7965f06538e4df899226ab01d59278
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmjsonparse.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/48c7e0338217471d80dc26b277e85eca2999ff
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmjsonparse.so

References

Summary

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