How To Install rsyslog-openssl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-openssl on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rsyslog-openssl
rsyslog-openssl is:
This netstream plugin allows rsyslog to send and receive encrypted syslog messages via the syslog-transport-tls IETF standard protocol.
Package: rsyslog-openssl Architecture: amd64 Version: 8.2001.0-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: rsyslog Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Michael Biebl [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 94 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), rsyslog (= 8.2001.0-1ubuntu1) Filename: pool/universe/r/rsyslog/rsyslog-openssl_8.2001.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 17524 MD5sum: f35882130c27674dce602476b35b9c55 SHA1: c2d149e4870060fa2142fd6321340f9bb1593236 SHA256: a3928b95137e30390996645f601517211ad59e4b543a6c2553113d46fa7fcef6 Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/ Description-en: TLS protocol support for rsyslog (OpenSSL) This netstream plugin allows rsyslog to send and receive encrypted syslog messages via the syslog-transport-tls IETF standard protocol.
There are three methods to install rsyslog-openssl on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rsyslog-openssl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-openssl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-openssl
Install rsyslog-openssl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-openssl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rsyslog-openssl
Install rsyslog-openssl Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-openssl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-openssl
How To Uninstall rsyslog-openssl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rsyslog-openssl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-openssl
Uninstall rsyslog-openssl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rsyslog-openssl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-openssl
Remove rsyslog-openssl Configurations and Data
To remove rsyslog-openssl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-openssl
Remove rsyslog-openssl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rsyslog-openssl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsyslog-openssl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-openssl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
