How To Install rsyslog-crypto on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-crypto on CentOS 8.
What is rsyslog-crypto
This package contains a module providing log file encryption and a command line tool to process encrypted logs.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-crypto on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-crypto.
Install rsyslog-crypto 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 rsyslog-crypto using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-crypto
Install rsyslog-crypto 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 rsyslog-crypto using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsyslog-crypto
How To Uninstall rsyslog-crypto on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rsyslog-crypto package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsyslog-crypto
rsyslog-crypto Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/rscryutil
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/27
/usr/lib/.build-id/27/6bb728a0a6c9206c0c0b6e6e60d1d77cb18d46
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/bf13125017113a9875629ca8bc2ccffb0dd500
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/lmcry_gcry.so
/usr/share/man/man1/rscryutil.1.gz
/usr/bin/rscryutil
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/a6cfd11d3b9ade9fbd1a1bbea3edac80240d2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/0eeae43819940cab1f182e4b1b6cd68e0a86c2
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/lmcry_gcry.so
/usr/share/man/man1/rscryutil.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-crypto on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.