How To Install container-exception-logger on CentOS 8

container-exception-logger is Logging from a container to a host

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install container-exception-logger on CentOS 8.

What is container-exception-logger

container-exception-logger is a tool designed to run inside of a container which is able to get its input outside of the container.

We can use yum or dnf to install container-exception-logger on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install container-exception-logger.

Install container-exception-logger on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install container-exception-logger using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install container-exception-logger

Install container-exception-logger on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install container-exception-logger using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install container-exception-logger

How To Uninstall container-exception-logger on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the container-exception-logger package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove container-exception-logger

container-exception-logger Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/container-exception-logger
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/bfb1bd69c614e73370f0bddadf05a482498e4a
/usr/share/licenses/container-exception-logger
/usr/share/licenses/container-exception-logger/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/container-exception-logger.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install container-exception-logger on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.