How To Install syslog-ng-mod-stardate on Debian 10

Learn how to install syslog-ng-mod-stardate on Debian 10 with this tutorial. syslog-ng-mod-stardate is Enhanced system logging daemon (stardate plugin)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-mod-stardate on Debian 10.

What is syslog-ng-mod-stardate

syslog-ng-mod-stardate is:

syslog-ng is an enhanced log daemon, supporting a wide range of input and output methods: syslog, unstructured text, message queues, databases (SQL and NoSQL alike) and more.

Key features:

  • receive and send RFC3164 and RFC5424 style syslog messages
  • work with any kind of unstructured data
  • receive and send JSON formatted messages
  • classify and structure logs with builtin parsers (csv-parser(), db-parser(), etc.)
  • normalize, crunch and process logs as they flow through the system
  • hand on messages for further processing using message queues (like AMQP), files or databases (like PostgreSQL or MongoDB).

This package provides a stardate-like date formatting module which formats the date with months and days as fragments of the year. For example, it formats 2017.06.15 as something like 2017.500.

There are three methods to install syslog-ng-mod-stardate on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install syslog-ng-mod-stardate Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-mod-stardate using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install syslog-ng-mod-stardate

Install syslog-ng-mod-stardate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-mod-stardate using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install syslog-ng-mod-stardate

Install syslog-ng-mod-stardate 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install syslog-ng-mod-stardate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install syslog-ng-mod-stardate

How To Uninstall syslog-ng-mod-stardate on Debian 10

To uninstall only the syslog-ng-mod-stardate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove syslog-ng-mod-stardate

Uninstall syslog-ng-mod-stardate And Its Dependencies

To uninstall syslog-ng-mod-stardate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove syslog-ng-mod-stardate

Remove syslog-ng-mod-stardate Configurations and Data

To remove syslog-ng-mod-stardate configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge syslog-ng-mod-stardate

Remove syslog-ng-mod-stardate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove syslog-ng-mod-stardate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syslog-ng-mod-stardate

Dependencies

syslog-ng-mod-stardate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install syslog-ng-mod-stardate package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.