How To Install rsyslog-pgsql on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-pgsql on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rsyslog-pgsql
rsyslog-pgsql is:
This plugin allows rsyslog to write syslog messages into a PostgreSQL database.
Package: rsyslog-pgsql Architecture: amd64 Version: 8.2001.0-1ubuntu1 Priority: extra 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: 74 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libpq5, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, rsyslog (= 8.2001.0-1ubuntu1), dbconfig-common, ucf Recommends: postgresql-client Suggests: postgresql Filename: pool/universe/r/rsyslog/rsyslog-pgsql_8.2001.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 9880 MD5sum: 8fe216acf75033111d13961b435a7aa7 SHA1: 7258b49813bcd437e15b0c42d952c0115698aee5 SHA256: 51eba79f9f2ad8a8eb523c17e7dbb4406fa28a765831a05e37fd4542d571366e Homepage: http://www.rsyslog.com/ Description-en: PostgreSQL output plugin for rsyslog This plugin allows rsyslog to write syslog messages into a PostgreSQL database.
There are three methods to install rsyslog-pgsql 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-pgsql 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-pgsql using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rsyslog-pgsql
Install rsyslog-pgsql Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rsyslog-pgsql using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rsyslog-pgsql
Install rsyslog-pgsql 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-pgsql using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rsyslog-pgsql
How To Uninstall rsyslog-pgsql on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rsyslog-pgsql package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rsyslog-pgsql
Uninstall rsyslog-pgsql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rsyslog-pgsql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsyslog-pgsql
Remove rsyslog-pgsql Configurations and Data
To remove rsyslog-pgsql configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rsyslog-pgsql
Remove rsyslog-pgsql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rsyslog-pgsql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsyslog-pgsql
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-pgsql package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
