How To Install rsyslog-mmkubernetes on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mmkubernetes on CentOS 8.
What is rsyslog-mmkubernetes
The rsyslog-mmkubernetes package provides module for adding kubernetes container metadata.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-mmkubernetes on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-mmkubernetes.
Install rsyslog-mmkubernetes 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-mmkubernetes using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-mmkubernetes
Install rsyslog-mmkubernetes 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-mmkubernetes using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsyslog-mmkubernetes
How To Uninstall rsyslog-mmkubernetes on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rsyslog-mmkubernetes package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsyslog-mmkubernetes
rsyslog-mmkubernetes Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/9c92e4690417b69277b8bd7f17acc2d0fc47cc
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmkubernetes.so
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog/k8s_container_name.rulebase
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog/k8s_filename.rulebase
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/c0ddcc88ccb865f1bd28ddff525cb5ec703e35
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmkubernetes.so
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog/k8s_container_name.rulebase
/usr/share/doc/rsyslog/k8s_filename.rulebase
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mmkubernetes on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.