How To Install rsyslog-mmaudit on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mmaudit on CentOS 8.
What is rsyslog-mmaudit
This module provides message modification supporting Linux audit format in various settings.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-mmaudit on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-mmaudit.
Install rsyslog-mmaudit 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-mmaudit using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-mmaudit
Install rsyslog-mmaudit 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-mmaudit using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsyslog-mmaudit
How To Uninstall rsyslog-mmaudit on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rsyslog-mmaudit package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsyslog-mmaudit
rsyslog-mmaudit Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/dc1c3128e2754943bb78f98c2ebf148fd758df
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmaudit.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/820b8c0b697a0a98a5c82247480e8110ea8c23
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmaudit.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mmaudit on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.