How To Install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 8.
What is rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd
This message modification module takes messages generated from snmptrapd and modifies them so that they look like they originated from the read originator.
We can use yum or dnf to install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd.
Install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd 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-mmsnmptrapd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd
Install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd 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-mmsnmptrapd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd
How To Uninstall rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd
rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/0070427c869976d65b1fea0365c6c94f3d9857
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmsnmptrapd.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/24999a913f319bbb51856c454050d57cfc46af
/usr/lib64/rsyslog/mmsnmptrapd.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsyslog-mmsnmptrapd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.