How To Install rsyslog-gssapi on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-gssapi on CentOS 8.
What is rsyslog-gssapi
The rsyslog-gssapi package contains the rsyslog plugins which support GSSAPI authentication and secure connections. GSSAPI is commonly used for Kerberos authentication.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-gssapi on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-gssapi.
Install rsyslog-gssapi 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-gssapi using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-gssapi
Install rsyslog-gssapi 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-gssapi using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsyslog-gssapi
How To Uninstall rsyslog-gssapi on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rsyslog-gssapi package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsyslog-gssapi
rsyslog-gssapi Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/368e11d0c4b6df88337d6392ee259363f0b4dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/0d3c15534f79bbcf7ccaa854bca9a599469d57
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/c52570aa80d4ba7c61d5b3fdd88d67df14b127
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/imgssapi.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/lmgssutil.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omgssapi.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/bd7229a44bbf444f92f4e465968d0f9a85a2bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/547706a5001d2a623acb7f2a51fb6dfcacedd9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/38f73279b56896ea2e25d73c6181a5ab26b7d4
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/imgssapi.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/lmgssutil.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omgssapi.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-gssapi on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.