How To Install rsyslog-mmjsonparse on CentOS 8

rsyslog-mmjsonparse is JSON enhanced logging support

Introduction

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

What is rsyslog-mmjsonparse

This module provides the capability to recognize and parse JSON enhanced syslog messages.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-mmjsonparse

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

sudo yum -y install rsyslog-mmjsonparse

How To Uninstall rsyslog-mmjsonparse on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove rsyslog-mmjsonparse

rsyslog-mmjsonparse Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/32
/usr/lib/.build-id/32/281f09df7965f06538e4df899226ab01d59278
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmjsonparse.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/6a452edcdb46aefcbc9cdeba928ca68eda4063
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmjsonparse.so

References

Summary

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