How To Install mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 is ModSecurity Audit Log Collector

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `mod_security-mlogc.x86_64`

This package contains the ModSecurity Audit Log Collector.

We can use yum to install mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mod_security-mlogc.x86_64.

Install mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mod_security-mlogc.x86_64

How To Uninstall mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove mod_security-mlogc.x86_64

mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/mlogc.conf
/usr/bin/mlogc
/usr/bin/mlogc-batch-load
/usr/share/doc/mod_security-mlogc-2.9.3
/usr/share/doc/mod_security-mlogc-2.9.3/INSTALL
/var/log/mlogc
/var/log/mlogc/data

References

mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mod_security-mlogc.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.