How To Install rsyslog-elasticsearch on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-elasticsearch on CentOS 8.
What is rsyslog-elasticsearch
This module provides the capability for rsyslog to feed logs directly into Elasticsearch.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-elasticsearch on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-elasticsearch.
Install rsyslog-elasticsearch 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-elasticsearch using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-elasticsearch
Install rsyslog-elasticsearch 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-elasticsearch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsyslog-elasticsearch
How To Uninstall rsyslog-elasticsearch on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rsyslog-elasticsearch package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsyslog-elasticsearch
rsyslog-elasticsearch Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/12576bc578bf4bba643e2e660c3596cefc327c
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omelasticsearch.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/95567ce44bd26c04234c197cd129b6d9d6a06f
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omelasticsearch.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-elasticsearch on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.