How To Install lynis on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lynis
on CentOS 8.
What is lynis
Lynis is an auditing and hardening tool for Unix/Linux and you might even call it a compliance tool. It scans the system and installed software. Then it performs many individual security control checks. It determines the hardening state of the machine, detects security issues and provides suggestions to improve the security defense of the system.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install lynis
on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lynis.
Install lynis 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 lynis
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lynis
Install lynis 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 lynis
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lynis
How To Uninstall lynis on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the lynis
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lynis
lynis Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/lynis
/etc/lynis/default.prf
/usr/bin/lynis
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/lynis
/usr/share/doc/lynis
/usr/share/doc/lynis/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/lynis/CONTRIBUTORS.md
/usr/share/doc/lynis/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/lynis/README
/usr/share/doc/lynis/systemd
/usr/share/doc/lynis/systemd/lynis.service
/usr/share/doc/lynis/systemd/lynis.timer
/usr/share/licenses/lynis
/usr/share/licenses/lynis/LICENSE
/usr/share/lynis
/usr/share/lynis/db
/usr/share/lynis/db/fileperms.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/hints.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/integrity.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/az
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/br
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/cn
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/da
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/de
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/de-AT
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/en
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/en-GB
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/en-US
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/es
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/fi
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/fr
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/gr
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/he
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/hu
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/it
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/ja
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/ko
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/nb-NO
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/nl
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/nl-BE
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/nl-NL
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/pl
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/pt
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/ru
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/se
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/sk
/usr/share/lynis/db/languages/tr
/usr/share/lynis/db/malware-susp.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/malware.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/sbl.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/software-eol.db
/usr/share/lynis/db/tests.db
/usr/share/lynis/include
/usr/share/lynis/include/binaries
/usr/share/lynis/include/consts
/usr/share/lynis/include/data_upload
/usr/share/lynis/include/functions
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_audit_dockerfile
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_configure
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_generate
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_show
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_system_remote_scan
/usr/share/lynis/include/helper_update
/usr/share/lynis/include/osdetection
/usr/share/lynis/include/parameters
/usr/share/lynis/include/profiles
/usr/share/lynis/include/report
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_accounting
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_authentication
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_banners
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_boot_services
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_containers
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_crypto
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_custom.template
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_databases
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_dns
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_file_integrity
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_file_permissions
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_filesystems
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_firewalls
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_hardening
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_homedirs
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_insecure_services
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_kernel
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_kernel_hardening
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_ldap
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_logging
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_mac_frameworks
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_mail_messaging
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_malware
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_memory_processes
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_nameservices
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_networking
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_php
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_ports_packages
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_printers_spoolers
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_scheduling
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_shells
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_snmp
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_squid
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_ssh
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_storage
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_storage_nfs
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_system_integrity
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_time
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_tooling
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_usb
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_virtualization
/usr/share/lynis/include/tests_webservers
/usr/share/lynis/include/tool_tips
/usr/share/lynis/plugins
/usr/share/lynis/plugins/README
/usr/share/lynis/plugins/custom_plugin.template
/usr/share/man/man8/lynis.8.gz
/var/log/lynis-report.dat
/var/log/lynis.log
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lynis
on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.