How To Install rsyslog-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mysql on Rocky Linux 8. rsyslog-mysql is MySQL support for rsyslog

Introduction

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

What is `rsyslog-mysql`

The rsyslog-mysql package contains a dynamic shared object that will add MySQL database support to rsyslog.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-mysql

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

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-mysql

How To Uninstall rsyslog-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-mysql

rsyslog-mysql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/ddb17d090b17d4c9427acd677fbf261c42fa44
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/ommysql.so
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog/mysql-createDB.sql
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/f10526ca296b48cc7374ec4ac0391228c625f2
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/ommysql.so
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog/mysql-createDB.sql

References

rsyslog-mysql website

Summary

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