How To Install rsyslog-kafka on CentOS 8

rsyslog-kafka is Provides kafka support for rsyslog

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-kafka on CentOS 8.

What is rsyslog-kafka

The rsyslog-kafka package provides modules for Apache Kafka input and output.

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

Install rsyslog-kafka 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-kafka using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-kafka

Install rsyslog-kafka 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-kafka using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-kafka

How To Uninstall rsyslog-kafka on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the rsyslog-kafka package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-kafka

rsyslog-kafka Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/b02a16730b49f56dd0fd8e364a3c32bd498298
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/c77e28e49a05628c022d392ae5603fd18beee5
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/imkafka.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omkafka.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/4abb916658a07f2b4672240f264e6e1e83f54e
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/d3e6885158ba25d4048f39b0f0007afa27c67b
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/imkafka.so
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/omkafka.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-kafka on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.